Ethnomusicology

A Research and Information Guide

Jennifer Post

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780415879774
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136705182
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology. The book is divided into two parts. Part One is organized by resource type in categories of greatest concern to students and scholars. It includes handbooks and guides; encyclopedias and dictionaries; indexes and bibliographies; journals; media sources; and archives. It also offers annotated entries on the basic literature of ethnomusicological history and research. Part Two provides a list of current publications in the field that are widely used by ethnomusicologists. Multiply indexed, this book serves as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared in the field over the last decades.

Part I

Reference and Information Sources

I

Research Guides and Links to Online Information

The following guides for research support literature searches in ethnomusicology and instruct users on methods and processes for research. Guides play an important role in the early stages of in-depth study, but they are also useful for consultation throughout a sequence that takes researchers from preliminary research to project completion. Research guides typically introduce disciplinary literature in organized annotated bibliographic lists or series of essays. While guides and standard bibliographies both provide lists of resources, the guides in this chapter are distinguished from many bibliographies by their instructional character. They direct researchers, and not only lead them to specific resources, but inform them about the variety and types of resources that may help them as they move forward in their quest for information. Printed and online materials help researchers navigate the complex web of information; some of the most useful also explain theoretical foundations and the research practices and methodologies for the discipline. In ethnomusicology, even the preliminary search for literature is a complex task, since the most common research journey involves exploring literature in anthropology or other social sciences, language, religion or other subjects in the humanities, music and other arts, including dance and theater. In addition, scholarship and other forms of disciplinary production involve a variety of experiences that may range from library research to fieldwork activities, musical analyses to musical performance. Ideally, the research process is a carefully constructed journey from idea to resource, from written proposal to field site, from experience in the field to integrating field data with other sources, to a final product.

Two decades ago, research guides were used primarily to identify library-based information sources. Today they may point to materials in a library, but many link users directly to bibliographic tools and other sources for information online. With wider access to information through the Internet, students and other researchers have become more independent, seeking information through electronic guides or simply using search engines. For some, using Internet guides to sources for research presents a path to the Web as the sole source for information as well. A researcher guided by both printed and electronic sources has the broadest opportunity to fully explore a topic.

This selective list provides information on both printed and electronic sources for information. Organized by topic and geographic region, the sources in this list of guides will offer the student and scholar access to information music and dance, followed by other subject areas and regional resources. The final section includes a brief listing of online information guides.

Topical Research Guides in Music and Dance

General Studies in Music and Dance

53. Bayne, Pauline Shaw. 2008. A Guide to Library Research in Music. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. xiv, 274 p., illus. ISBN 9780810861480. ML3797.B29 2008

This guide introduces music students to processes and procedures for research and writing about music. The textbook identifies essential resources for research; teaches research process using tools to gain access to materials; and describes organization of materials in a music library. The bibliography provides an overview of recently published electronic and printed music literature.

54. Bopp, Mary S. 1994. Research in Dance: A Guide to Resources. New York; Toronto: G. K. Hall. viii, 296 p. ISBN 0816190658. GV1594.Al B6 1994

This dance resource guide lists library and archival collections in the United States, Canada, and selected European countries, publishers and book dealers, and associations and organizations. A separate section lists a broad selection of reference sources, including dictionaries and encyclopedias, indexes and abstracts, film and video catalogues, journals, and sources of book and performance reviews. Includes a general index.

55. Crabtree, Phillip, and Donald H. Foster. 2005. Sourcebook for Research in Music. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. xi, 382 p., gloss. ISBN 9780253346117. ML113.C68 2005

This guide to primarily English-language musicology research divides information into eight broad sections that are further subdivided by topic: introductory materials; basic bibliographical tools for research in music; area bibliographies and other reference sources; dictionaries and encyclopedias of music; sources treating the history of music; current research journals in music; editions of music; miscellaneous sources.

Many subsections include introductory paragraphs, but citations are not annotated. Includes indexes to authors and titles, but no subject index.

56. Duckles, Vincent H., Ida Reed, and Michael A. Keller. 1997. Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography. 5th ed. New York: Schirmer Books. xviii, 812 p. ISBN 0028708210. ML1 13. D83 1997

Once an essential resource for teaching music research and for scholars to refer to for up-to-date information on research material, this comprehensive guide remains important to music studies, although it has been superseded by more recent works. Organized by category, its chapters include dictionaries and encyclopedias, histories and chronologies, guides, bibliographies, catalogs, discographies, yearbooks, and electronic information sources. Includes indexes to authors, editors, and reviewers, subjects, and titles.

57. Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, and Penelope Hanstein, eds. 1999. Researching Dance: Evolving Modes of Inquiry. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. xii, 368 p., illus. ISBN 9780822940845. GV1589.R47 1999

This guide to research methods includes a series of articles that introduce students to dance research. The essays by nine scholars present research methods through exploration of research process and theory, qualitative and quantitative modes of inquiry, and research tools.

58. Gottlieb, Jane. 2009. Music Library and Research Skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. xiii, 370 p., gloss., illus. ISBN 9780131584341. ML3797.G68 2009

This textbook includes an annotated listing of resources directed at music students in research method courses. It provides an overview of current research tools and methods, introducing both online and print sources. The wide range of resources, including bibliographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, databases, and thematic catalogs along with resources for careers in music, will be useful for scholarly research in music and for reference by music professionals.

59. Morey, Carl. 1996. Music in Canada: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Garland. xiii, 283 p. ISBN 0815316038. ML120.C2 M67 1997

Over 900 annotated entries on music and musicians in Canada are organized into thirteen topics with introductory essays for each. Includes historical, analytical, and biographical studies of music derived from the European tradition, First Nations and Inuit music, jazz and popular works, folk and ethnic music, education, research, and bibliographical materials. Author, subject, and title indexes.

60. Post, Jennifer C. 2004. Ethnomusicology: A Guide to Research. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge. ix, 470 p. ISBN 9780415938341. ML128.E8 P67 2004

An annotated bibliography of books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology. In part one, users are introduced to handbooks and guides; encyclopedias and dictionaries; indexes and bibliographies; journals; media sources; and archives. In part two, a selective list of publications in the field from the 1990s in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, organized by geo-region. Includes subject and name indexes.

61. Sampsel, Laurie J. 2009. Music Research: A Handbook. New York: Oxford University Press. xxvii, 323 p., gloss., illus. ISBN 9780195171198. ML113. S28 2009

An introduction to print and electronic research resources for music students, the author divides the study into two parts. In chapters on research process and tools she introduces guides, encyclopedias and dictionaries, catalogs and indexes, bibliographies and discographies, among other sources used in music study and learning. In the second part, she presents sources and information on writing, style manuals, and citations sources. Throughout the book, she provides helpful illustrations and examples, and in several appendices she offers tools and tips for research and writing.

62. Schuursma, Ann Briegleb. 1992. Ethnomusicology Research: A Select Annotated Bibliography. Garland Library of Music Ethnology, 1. New York: Garland. xxvii, 173 p. ISBN 082405735X. ML128.E8 S4 1992

A critical bibliography of literature of ethnomusicology that covers the period from the 1950s through the late 1980s. This classified list of sources includes primarily English-language books and articles in the following categories: history of the field; theory and methodology; fieldwork theory and method; musical analysis; and sources from related fields. Includes comprehensive index.

Jazz and Popular Music

63. Cooper, B. Lee, and Rebecca A. Condon. 2004. The Popular Music Teaching Handbook: An Educator’s Guide to Music-Related Print Resources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. xi, 371 p. ISBN 9781591580393. ML3470.C66 2004

Lists print materials the authors believe will be especially useful for teaching. Chapters focus on interdisciplinary works on popular music, biographical sources, musical styles, and reference resources. Entries are not annotated. Some of the material was originally published in bibliographic essays in Popular Music and Society between 1998 and 2000.

64. Haggerty, Gary. 1995. A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books: An Annotated Bibliography. Music Reference Collection, 47. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. xv, 210 p. ISBN 0313296618. ML128.P63 H34 1995

A guide for use by librarians and researchers searching for information on popular music genres ranging from jazz, swing, and blues to country, gospel, and rock. The focus is on American music with over 400 annotated entries that include bibliographies, indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other references sources. Two appendixes contain an additional 242 discographic and bibliographic citations devoted to individual artists. Includes a general index.

65. Meadows, Eddie S. 2006. Jazz Scholarship and Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide. 3rd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge. xxxi, 740 p. ISBN 9780415939652. ML128.J3 M34 2006

A comprehensive annotated bibliography of research resources for jazz studies with entries for books, recordings, videos, and websites published from 1920 to 2004. The author has identified 25 categories that are further subdivided into specialized fields. Of note are sections on jazz in world cultures, biographies, historical surveys, theses and dissertations, pedagogical materials, a discography and videography. This is a revised edition of Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Selected Annotated Bibliography published in 1995 and Jazz Reference and Research Materials: A Bibliography published in 1981.

66. Meadows, Eddie S. 2010. Blues, Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, and Rap: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Routledge. xxviii, 388 p. ISBN 9780415973199. ML128.P63 M43 2010

Annotated resource for research materials. The classified listing identified reference, biographical, discographic, historical, regional, and global resources for blues (entries no. 1–445); funk, rhythms and blues, and soul (entries no. 446–799); and hip hop and rap (entries no. 800–1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I: Reference and Information Sources
• Part II: Sources for Research and Study
• Name Index
• Subject Index