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Turning Points: Has Ethnomusicology Lost Its Way?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2019

Mervyn McLean
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As some readers may know, I have recently published a book entitled Pioneers of Ethnomusicology. In it I try to answer the questions

What were the events that led to the emergence of ethnomusicology? Who were the prime movers? What motivated them? What influences were brought to bear on them, and what were the consequences? (McLean 2006: 11)

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Yearbook for Traditional Music , Volume 39 , 2007 , pp. 132 - 139
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Copyright © 2007 by the International Council for Traditional Music

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