Sources for Ethnomusicology

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Reference works for EM and WM

The Garland Online Encyclopedia for World Music (http://glnd.alexanderstreet.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/) This ten-volume reference work, available on line through the U of A database listing, gives an overview of not only music, but music in the context of culture for every corner of the earth. A comprehensive reference work. - Sten
This website is also very useful in that it does not concentrate on one area of music, but touches on a variety of genres, including: folk, jazz, rock, blues, sacred, and classical. - Meghan
We also have physical copies of all ten volumes in the reference section of the music library. Look for call number ML 100 G16 1998.--Cari 16:13, 18 September 2008 (MDT)

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada This source is available online through the library's webpage. It contains valuable information on current and past music in Canada. It is quite easy to use as it has a large variety of subject headings available for use in searching for information.

- Meghan

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of The World This Encyclopedia is a seven-volume work compiled by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). Its volumes deal with the popular music of various regions, such as the “Caribbean and Latin America”, “North America”, “Asia and Oceana”, “Africa and the Middle East” and “Europe”, but also with more general topics in popular music studies, such as “Media, industry, and society” and “Performance and Production”. Unfortunately, the Rutherford Library does not have the region-specific volumes of this encyclopedia but they do have the two general volumes aforementioned. - Jacques

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music This Encyclopedia is a ten-volume work edited by Colin Larkin. Its first eight volumes are a series of alphabetically arranged entries on artists, bands, record labels, etc. The ninth volume contains a list of selected albums and bibliographies by artist and subject, the tenth volume contains the encyclopedia’s indexes. The entire encyclopedia, in its fourth edition, published in 2006, is available in the reference section of the Rutherford Library. -- Jacques

Professional societies for EM

The Society for Ethnomusicology
This can be found at ethnomusicology.org. The purpose of the society is to support the study of music throughout history and in all cultures. On this website there is information about conferences, publications, prizes, groups to join, and resources for ethnomusicologists.

- Meghan

The Society for American Music
This society can be found at http://american-music.org The purpose of this society is to encourage the growth of American music. There are various awards, conferences, student forums, and committees available to apply for and join through the society. The society also publishes a journal called, Journal of the Society for American Music. This society focuses on African American, Native American, jazz, popular, and experimental music.

- Meghan

The Canadian Society for Traditional Music (http://www.yorku.ca/cstm/index.htm)
This society is dedicated to the study of music of all cultures and traditions. The website contains information about memberships, information about the two publications of this society (Canadian Folk Music and Canadian Journal for Traditional Music), bibliography, a list of ethnomusicology resources as well as course syllabi from ethnomusicology courses taught at various academic institutions. - Sten

International Council for the Study of Traditional Music http://www.ictmusic.org/ICTM/
This society intends to encourage the practice, dissemination and study of all forms of traditional music, including popular, classical, folk music and dance. There is much information about international conferences, protocols and information about the yearbook that is published by this society and access to a directory for members of this organization. - Sten

International Council of Ethnodoxologists
This is a slightly different society of ethnomusicologist, with a particular focus, namely the use of culturally appropriate Christian worship. According to the website, "the ICE network ...facilitate[s] online networking and provide resources for the development of culturally appropriate Christian worship, utilizing insights from ethnomusicology, missiology, worship studies and the arts." Thus the most of the resources available through this organization relate to the use of music in a Christian context, however they may also be of interest due to the recognition of a changing shift in how churches have understood 'traditional' and culturally specific musical styles and genres.--Cari 16:09, 18 September 2008 (MDT)

Journals focussed on EM and WM

Ethnomusicology OnLine
Through the link hereyou can check out this peer-review multi-media ejournal. It ran from 1995 to 2005, and from the website you can access each of the annual journals as well as links to other ethnomusioclogy websites from institutions, publications and others. --Cari 18:27, 14 September 2008 (MDT)

Current Musicology This journal is published by the Columbia University Department of Music. It contains reviewed articles on all forms of musicology and also contains articles that focus on interdisciplinary studies.

- Meghan

The Journal of Musicological Research This journal contains articles on various areas of musicology and can be accessed through IIMP. It does not seem to have quite as many articles on ethnomusicology as Current Musicology

- Meghan

Ethnomusicology
This journal can be accessed through JSTOR at the university library website. It is the main peer reviewed journal for ethnomusicology, and contains articles on almost any subject relating to ethnomusicology. The most recent journals are available on the shelf in the music library.
--Cari 19:53, 16 September 2008 (MDT)

British Journal of Ethnomusicology This journal can be found through JSTOR at the university library website. Its subject is ethnomusicology, defined as "people making music". The scope of the journal includes all different kinds of music, including classical music. The University of Alberta's access to this journal covers issues from 1992 to 2002. - Sten

Popular Music and Society This journal can be found through the U of A Libraries website via IIMP [1] The journal is a peer-reviewed publication that publishes articles and reviews on popular music of any genre, time, and place. This link provides access to full-text issues from 1996. - Sten

Scholarly monograph series in EM

Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology This series of books is published by the University of Chicago Press and can be found through the U of A library website. The series contains several book, each concentrating on a different nation's music.

- Meghan

Current Studies in Ethnomusicology This series can easily be found through the NEOS library website and is published by Routledge. Within the series there are books written each on a different culture's music and how they deal with change within their society as well as on a global basis.

- Meghan

Cambridge Studies in Ethnomusicology This series can be found through the NEOS library website. Publications in this series include books on Javanase, Persian, and Polish music and can either be devoted to specific issues of the music of a particular culture or a more general overview - Sten

Special Series (Society for Ethnomusicology) This series includes six titles and features collections of essays on specific topics in ethnomusicology. It can be found through a search in the NEOS catalogue. - Sten

Regional overviews for WM

Focus: Music of South Africa This source is found in the Focus on World Music series and is available through the NEOS catalogue. This book looks at the region of South Africa through case studies, focusing on the music of certain areas of South Africa, and a general survey of music in South Africa. ML 3760 M85 2008

- Meghan

Culture and Customs of Jordan This book comes from the series, Culture and Customs of the Middle East. This series does not just focus on the music and dance of different areas of the Middle East, but instead provides an overview of life within a certain culture, including things such as: religion, politics, and literature. This general overview tends to give a better understanding of the music because you have a general understanding of the culture of people in a certain area, rather than isolating research only to music.

- Meghan

Carriacou string band serenade : performing identity in the Eastern Caribbean / Rebecca S. Miller. ML 3917 G8 M55 2007 This book comes from the Music & Culture series and can be found through the NEOS catalogue. The cultural importance of the Carriacou string band on the island of Grenada, its context with in the social and political history of Grenada are discussed. This gives the reader a better idea of the cultural significance of this music on Grenada. - Sten

Brazilian music : northeastern traditions and the heartbeat of a modern nation / Larry Crook. ML 3487 B7 C76 2005 This book is part of the ABC-CLIO world music series, which often looks at the historical and political context of music of a particular culture. This books looks at the many traditions and divisions of Brazil and how these factors shaped the different kinds of music. - Sten

Introductory textbooks for EM and WM

Excursions in World Music by: Bruno Nettl, Charles Capwell, Isabel K.F. Wong, Thomas Turino, Philip V. Bohlman, Timothy Rommen This book begins with a section on studying music of the world, which includes a section on why different cultures have defferent styles of music. The text then goes on to discuss the music of India, the Middle East, China, Japan, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Latin America, Caribbean, Native American, and North American music. Being that there are so many cultures discussed in one book, each culture's music is touched on briefly, making it a good textbook for introductory studies in Ethnomusicology.

- Meghan

Ethnomusicology edited by Helen Myers. (Norton, 1992-1993) Library Call Number : ML 3799 E87 1992 This two-volume set introduces ethnomusicology and many aspects(eg. field work, transcription) and theoretical approaches of the discipline. Its comprehensive subject matter makes this a useful resource as a textbook. - Sten

Field Manual for Ethnomusicology Herndon, M. and McLeod, N., Norwood Editions, 1983. ML 3798 H 45 1983 This manual gives a detailed and methodological approach to conducting field research, including the techniques of recording, record-keeping, research objectives. Useful introduction for anyone conducting research in ethnomusicology, though not as useful as a guide to concepts and ideas of ethnomusicology. - Sten

Shadows in the field : new perspectives for fieldwork in ethnomusicology edited by Gregory F. Bartz and Timothy J. Cooley. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
This is an anthology that addresses the issue of fieldwork, how, and why we do fieldwork, and various different approaches. The authors write out of their own experience, often even including some of their fieldnotes. It provides a nice overview some of the different methods and approaches to fieldwork, and the incorporation of field materials in publishable work. We have several copies on the shelves at the music library, following the call number ML 3799 S5 1997. Or you can find an electronic version through the library here.

EM Archives

The James Koetting Ghana Field Recording Collection
Located at the Brown University Library Center for Digital Initiantives, here, this collection contains the complete archive of ethnomusicologist James Koetting's field recordings and fieldnotes from Ghana in the 1970s. The material is mainly from his work with Kasena musicians in Accra, and the Kasena region in the northern part of Ghana, but there is also material documenty Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagomba and other musical types and activities. --Cari 17:47, 14 September 2008 (MDT)

University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives http://depts.washington.edu/ethmusic/archives.html This collection was started in 1963 and contains various video, film, and sound recordings. On this website there is a link to the on-line catalogue where recordings can be searched by researcher, instrument, or recording title.

- Meghan

CBC Digital Archives This is a valuable source when researching Canadian music (especially popular). Through this website you can search for sound recordings and television clips. http://archives.cac.ca

- Meghan

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections http://www.folklife.si.edu/center/Archives/archives_Collector.html This website describes the various collections housed in the Smithsonian Centre for Folklife and Heritage, including the Moses and Frances Ash Collection that has an extensive collection of sound recordings of music from around the world. A useful place for locating sound recordings of world music. - Sten

The British Library: World and Traditional Music (http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/imc.html) This website contains links to listings of all published and unpublished recordings of world music, representing most of the musical traditions of the world. The collections are open to the public. - Sten

MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada This archive was created by the Department of Folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundl and contains folksongs and other material from Cape Breton and Newfoundland. Not only does the archive contain recordings of the song as well as lyrics, but also information about the singers, the communities and also the main collector, MacEdward Leach.--Cari 15:28, 18 September 2008 (MDT)

EM Web portals

Les Africains de la Chanson Francophone
This is a really neat interactive website, introducing regional musics in Africa. The website is in French, so those lacking language skills may not get the full benifit, but you can still browse through and check out the regional examples of music and instruments, as well as the music of specific artists. You can even play around with pre-selected sound samples to create your own musical piece.
--Cari 18:57, 14 September 2008 (MDT)

Oxford Music Online This is a portal linked to Grove music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. This can easily be found through the Neos catalogue website. When you search a musical term it is looked for in all three of these websites at once, rather than just Oxford Music Online.

- Meghan

Folk Music Home Page I do not believe this portal would be considered scholarly, but it does link to several world folk music websites which could be useful for studies in ethnomusicology. The home page focuses on current folk music artists, but this could also be considered within the scope of ethnomusicology.

- Meghan

Audio for EM and WM

Audio websites

Contemporary World Music This database can be accessed through the U of A library database search. Contemporary World Music contains 50000 tracks. It is user friendly and allows you to search by genre, place, cultural group, instrument, and album. http://womu.alexanderstreet.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca - Meghan

NAXOS Music Library This database can be accessed through the U of A library database search. NAXOS has sections for Jazz/Folk/Blues, Chinese Music, and World/Folk. It is easy to access and has a large selection of albums to listen to. http://ualberta.naxosmusiclibrary.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/default.asp - Meghan

Emusic www.emusic.com This website is one of the most comprehensive listings of downloadable music on the internet. Subscribers are able to choose from over 3.5 million titles across all musical genres (including about 25 000 world music titles) and pay approximately 40 cents per download. The music sold on this website comes from independent record labels and the website claims that the quality of music goes beyond that found in the commercial mainstream. - Sten

Podcasts

(check on itunes to get a listing - mf)

Smithsonian Folkways- The Folkways Collection (http://www.folkways.si.edu/learn_discover/folkways_collection.aspx) A series of one-hour podcasts that gives an overview of the Smithsonian Folkways collection. There are interviews with many important figures in folk music. - Sten

World Music Today This source has podcasts containing current world music from around the world. www.globalrhythm.com/PODCAST

- Meghan

WM Record labels

Scholarly labels

Norton - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in an Changing World This series of CDs is compiled by Kay Kaufman Shelemay. It is listed under music appreciation in the library catalogue, but provides a survey of folk music and music from various cultures (both vocal and instrumental) which could be useful in introductory ethnomusicological studies. MT 90 S53 2006 discs

- Meghan

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The Folkways label contains music, soundscapes, spoken word, educational albums, and other sound material from around the world. What is interesting about this label is the detailed liner notes that accompany the recordings, and the large quantity of music recordings from places around the world, many of which were recorded before there was a large World Music genre. All the recordings can be accessed on CD through our library's recorded music collection, with original LP's at the Canadian Center for Ethnomusicology. In addition you can listen to them online (and even read the liner notes in PDF) through Smithsonian Global Sound. This database also contains music from other archival audio collections, including material collected for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) as well as music collected by recordists on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE).--Cari 15:42, 18 September 2008 (MDT)

Popular labels

National Geographic On the National Geographic website, music can be purchased by the song. One can search music by genre or by region. This CD label is available to the general public and is quite user friendly. http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com

- Meghan

Putumayo World Music (http://www.putumayo.com/en/) This record label features music from around the world and claims to appeal to the less commercial "non-traditional market". The website includes links to a radio program, information about artists and a catalogue. - Sten

Video for EM and WM

Music and dance documentation

The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance - Southeast Asia v.10 Indonesia 2 M 1627 J985 v.006-10 v.10 c.2 This video shows documentation of Indonesian song and dance. It includes storytelling to music, instrumental performances, as well as large group songs with traditional dancing.

- Meghan

The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance- Soviet Union volume 1 This video shows music and dance from various regions of the former Soviet Union (e.g. White Sea, Volga, Moscow). There is much unaccompanied singing and also some instrumental music as well as dancing. However, there is no English narration or booklet to explain what one is viewing. M 1627 J 985 v.023-26 v.23 - Sten

The JVC Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology of Music and Dance of Europe v.1 c.1 This video covered the music and dancing of Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Scotland, England, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Denmark. It included footage of just singing, nursary rhymes with actions, as well as singing and dancing. M 1 J954 1996 v.1 c.1

- Meghan

The JVC Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology of Music and Dance Africa Volume 1 This video displayed examples of music from Egypt, Uganda and Senegal. The video comes with an extensive booklet giving an introduction to the music of these regions as well as specific information about each individual track found on the video. A really useful and informative introduction for someone unfamiliar with music from this part of the world. M 1 J 953 1996 v.1 c.1 - Sten

Documentary films

Soul Resonance: Zimbabwean music spreading in North America and beyond
A preview of this documentary by Doug and Laurel Epps can be found at the website Dandemutande Zimbabwean Music Worldwide. This documentary looks at the popularization of marimba and mbira ensembles in the United States. While there are some exoticizing comments, and others that are Americentric (can I make that a term?), the soundtrack is almost purely marimbas and mbiras. And we can even listen to our very own Tendai. --Cari 18:08, 14 September 2008 (MDT)

Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar Pakistan This documentary film is available through the U of A library website. It was directed and edited by John Baily and put out by the National Film and Television School and the Royal Anthropological Institute. This film provides an introduction to the music of Afghanistan by following the story of a refugee from Afghanistan to Pakistan because of civil dispute.

- Meghan

Between Two Notes This documentary film, directed by Florence Strauss, explores the heritage of classical Arab music in various different countries and cities (Paris, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Beirut). There are many interviews with musicians and experts in this field as well as musical excerpts. The video examines the importance of Arabic music in these different locales. - Sten