The study of ethnomusicology : thirty-one issues and concepts / Bruno Nettl.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-494) and index.

I. The Musics of the World -- 1. The Harmless Drudge: Defining Ethnomusicology -- 2. The Art of Combining Tones: The Music Concept -- 3. Inspiration and Perspiration: The Creative Process -- 4. The Universal Language: Universals of Music -- 5. The Non-universal Language: Varieties of Music -- 6. Apples and Oranges: Comparative Study -- 7. I Can't Say a Thing until I've Seen the Score: -- Transcription -- 8. In the Speech Mode: Contemplating Repertories -- 9. The Most Indefatigable Tourists of the World: Tunes and Their Relationships -- III. In the Field -- 10. Come Back and See Me Next Tuesday: Essentials of Fieldwork -- 11. You Will Never Understand This Music: Insiders and Outsiders -- 12. Hanging on for Dear Life: Preservation and Archives -- 13. I Am the Greatest: Ordinary and Exceptional Musicians -- 14. You Call That Fieldwork? Redefining the "Field" -- 15. What Do You Think You're Doing? The Host's Perspective -- IV. In Human Culture -- 16. Music and "That Complex Whole": Music in Culture -- 17. The Meat-and-Potatoes Book: Musical Ethnography -- 18. Music Hath Charms: Uses and Functions -- 19. In the Beginning: Origins of Music -- 20. The Continuity of Change: On People Changing Their Music -- 21. Recorded, Printed, Written, Oral: Traditions -- 22. The Basic Unit of All Human Behavior and Civilization: Signs and Symbols -- 23. Location, Location, Location! Interpreting Geographic -- Distribution -- 24. The Whys of Musical Style: Determinants -- V. In All Its Varieties -- 25. I've Never Heard a Horse Sing: Musical Stratification -- 26. The Creatures of Jubal: Organology -- 27. How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Teaching and Learning -- 28. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Women's Music, Women in Music -- 29. Diversity and Difference: Some Minorities -- 30. A New Era: The 1990s and Beyond -- 31. The Shape of the Story: Remarks on History