Report on the 1964 Annual Meeting of the Society of Ethnomusicology

The paper which was greeted with most enthusiasm was Eric Werner’s, which questioned some of the fundamental precepts of our field. In general, it seemed to be the concensus of some of the participants that the last ten years have yielded a tremendous increase in quantity of research, but that the fundamental views of the researchers have not changed much

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and his european policy in 1974 - 1981

Diploma thesis "Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and his european policy in 1974 - 1981" deals with the upsurge of european integration process in the late seventies. The study focuses on one of the main participants in this process - french president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. It examines if unification of Europe was an important part of the president's political program. It shows on which ideas he based the european policy, what kind of goals he wanted to achieve in this area. The study evaluates the practical measures he made. It goes into details about how he managed to put the changes through and who helped him to do it. Above all this diploma thesis tries to analyze how important part did Valéry Giscard d'Estaing really play in making and introduction of different european reforms and if these carried motions represented important milestones in the integration process. On this occasion it examines how much pro- european politician was Valéry Giscard d'Estaing at the time. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)Diplomová práce "Valéry Giscard d'Estaing a jeho evropská politika vletech 1974 - 1981" pojednává o oživení evropského integračního procesu ve druhé polovině sedmdesátých let. Studie se zaměřuje především na jednoho z hlavních aktérů tehdejšího budování sjednocené Evropy - francouzského prezidenta Valéryho Giscarda d'Estainga. Práce se snaží určit, jak velký význam tento politik přikládal evropskému sjednocování, jaké místo zabírala evropská politika v prezidentově programu. Současně načrtává, z jakých ideologických základů vycházela a čeho přesně v ní chtěl dosáhnout, jaké cíle si stanovil. V neposlední řadě pak hodnotí Giscardovy praktické kroky, které v jejím rámci učinil. Studie se podrobněji zabývá tím, jakým způsobem a s čí pomocí se je snažil prosadit. Především se ale snaží odpovědět na otázku, jak zásadní roli hrál Valéry Giscard d'Estaing při tvoření a zavádění různých evropských reforem a jestli tyto přijaté změny znamenaly velké milníky nebo zlomové body v rámci celého integračního procesu. Při té příležitosti si také klade otázku, jak moc proevropsky orientovaný vlastně Valéry Giscard d'Estaing v té době byl. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)Department of European StudiesKatedra evropských studiíFaculty of Social SciencesFakulta sociálních vě

Une anthropologie de la musique classique occidentale

RésuméL’ethnomusicologie, autrefois exclusivement consacrée à l’étude des traditions musicales transmises oralement, a développé, au cours des deux dernières décennies, un intérêt croissant pour la musique artistique occidentale, en particulier dans ses manifestations contemporaines. Cet essai se focalise essentiellement sur les problèmes méthodologiques que soulève la présentation d’un panorama complet de cette culture musicale complexe, en l’abordant dans le contexte de l’histoire de l’ethnomusicologie et en proposant une étude de la vie musicale des Écoles de musique univer-sitaires (conservatoires) du Midwest américain. Les approches sont les suivantes: 1) la culture musicale en tant que mythe; 2) les «grands» compositeurs en tant que panthéon; 3) l’organisation sociale des enseignants et des étudiants; 4) le répertoire musical en tant que métaphore de la société et de ses interaction et organisation coutumières.AbstractThe field of ethnomusicology, once exclusively devoted to the study of orally transmitted musical traditions, has in the last two decades begun to approach the contemplation of the Western art music tradition, particularly in its contemporary manifestation. This essay is concerned principally with methodological problems of organizing a comprehensive panorama of this complex musical culture, seeing it in the context of the history of ethnomusicology and providing as a case study the musical life of university schools of music (conservatoires) in the Midwestern U.S.A. The approaches are 1) the study of musical culture as myth; 2) the interpretation of the "great" composers as a pantheon; 3) the social organization of teachers and students; and 4) a view of the musical repertory as a metaphor of a society with customary organization and interaction

'Country life'? Rurality, folk music and 'Show of Hands'

This paper examines the contribution of folk music to understanding the dynamic, fluid and multi-experiential nature of the countryside. Drawing from literature on the geographies of music, it examines the work of 'Show of Hands', a contemporary folk band from Devon in England. Three areas are studied. First, the paper examines the musical style of Show of Hands in order to explore how hybridised, yet distinctive, styles of music emerge in particular places. Second, it demonstrates how Show of Hands' hybrid musical style has become closely associated with the Southwest of England. Finally, within these spatial and hybrid contexts, attention is given to the ways in which their music represents the 'everyday lives of the rural'. Taken together these themes assess the relevance of music in the understanding of rurality as hybrid space. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Ethnomusicological evaluations with Bruno Nettl

Musicology, is a discipline, based on investigation of specific problems of music with the various methods. Its research topics over time reached a multi-disciplinary dimension, and so its sub-branches have appeared. While musicology is focused on music, ethnomusicology, the first sub-branch of musicology, is focused on culture and it examines music as an element of culture. Research subjects of musicology and its sub-branches is sometimes intertwined, and this situation leads to ambiguities between the methods and study subjects of the disciplines. Although some (ethno)musicologists in the international arena and in Turkey has examined on methods and evaluation of musical researches, but there is not a certain consensus on the issue. Therefore, this article is based on the semi-structured interview with Bruno Nettl, one of the first academical ethnomusicologists, for the evaluation of all these issues. So the eleven semi-structured questions on various musical culture and methods were asked Nettl and his answers and evaluations were organized and interpreted by me with the various documents. As a result, he evaluated warily the musicological questions in this study within the ethnomusicological context, and it is seen that he is not interested in inter-disciplinary studies. However, Nettl emphasized that any musical culture or musical study can be investigated by various methods. All of the information, given by Nettl and me, in this article shows the difference of methods, approaches and assessments between musicology, ethnomusicology and the other sub-branches.

Aux sources de la recherche américaine. 1950-2000

Bruno Nettl, grande figure de l’ethnomusicologie américaine, naît le 14 mars 1930 à Prague d’où il émigre avec ses parents pour les USA en 1939. Il fait ses études auprès de Willi Apel, George Herzog et Paul Nettl, son père, à l’université d’Indiana (Bloomington) où il soutient sa thèse en 1953 (American Indian Music North of Mexico : its Styles and Areas). De 1953 à 1964, il est maître de conférence, chargé de l’enseignement musical à la Wayne University (Detroit) où il devient bibliothécair..