Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining ethnomusicology -- A bit of history -- Conducting research -- The nature of music -- Music and culture -- Individual musicians -- Writing music history -- Ethnomusicology in the modern world -- Ethnomusicologists at work.

Ethnomusicology, an academic discipline founded in 1950, has been defined as the study of the music of others. This definition, at once whimsical and very nearly true, is incomplete. Many of its strongest threads have emerged because a person or a people have wanted to understand themselves, their history, and their identity. In this work, Timothy Rice offers a compact and illuminating account of this growing discipline, showing how modern researchers to about studying music from around the world, looking for insights into both music and humanity.