Pioneers of Ethnomusicology

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Pioneers of Ethnomusicology

by Mervyn McLean

isbn:159526-596-1

424 pages

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8.25" x 11"

Non-Fiction

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About the Book

The book contains biographies of 98 of the most outstanding pioneers of ethnomusicology, of whom Alexander Ellis (1814–1890), Carl Stumpf (1848–1936), Jaap Kunst (1891–1960), and George Herzog (1901–1983) are singled out for illustration on the cover of the book, because of their special significance. More than a hundred other portraits appear elsewhere in the book, donated in many cases by family of the pioneers or by institutions where they worked. Flanking the biographical core of the book are sections on the history of ethnomusicology and of still relevant issues arising from the work of the pioneers. Also included are intellectual ancestry charts and an extensive chronology of events. McLean's appraisals of the work of the pioneers and the ideas for which they became famous will inform and sometimes surprise. The book will be essential reading for all students and teachers of ethno-musicology, as well as contributing to the history of ideas.

About the author
Mervyn McLean is an internationally recognized authority on Maori and Pacific music. He is a retired associate professor of ethnomusicology from the University of Auckland and a past editor of the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Among his previous books are Maori Music (1996), Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance (1999), and To Tatau Waka: In Search of Maori Music (2004), telling the story of his field work experiences among the Maori people of New Zealand. He is also the author of two anthologies with Margaret Orbell, Songs of a Kaumatua (2002) and Traditional Songs of the Maori, winner of the non-fiction New Zealand inaugural book awards in 1975, and now in its third edition (2004). Weavers of Song was awarded outstanding academic title status by Choice magazine in 2000; and in 2005 McLean received a citation and award from New Zealand's Lilburn Trust for services to New Zealand music.