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Ph.D., Indiana University, 1953. On the U of I faculty (Professor of Music and Anthropology) since 1964. Since 1992, Professor Emeritus of Music and Anthropology, continuing to teach part-time and advise graduate students.
Principal interests: ethnomusicology; musical cultures of Native American peoples, Iran, and South India; theory and methodology of ethnomusicology; ethnomusicological study of Western classical music culture.
Author of several books, including:
THEORY AND METHOD IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY (1964)
THE STUDY OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY (1983)
EIGHT URBAN MUSICAL CULTURES (1978)
BLACKFOOT MUSICAL THOUGHT (1989)
HEARTLAND EXCURSIONS: ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON SCHOOLS OF
MUSIC (1995)
THE RADIF OF PERSIAN MUSIC (2nd ed. 1992)
Principal work in press: an edited book, IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMANCE; STUDIES IN THE WORLD OF MUSICAL IMPROVISATION (University of Chicago Press, 1998).
Currently editor of the journal ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
I teach only one course per year, and this may be offered in the School of Music, or jointly by Music and Anthropology. Among the courses taught in the last few years are:
Music 317 (Anthro 315) a topical course - Music of the Middle East; European and American Folk Music.
Music 337 Music and musical culture in the Czech lands.
Music 423 Seminar in Musicology (often of interest to anthropology students): Topics: Improvisation in world music and Studies in musical ethnography
Schedule of Courses: UIUC Timetable
Homepage at the School of Music
anthro@uiuc.edu
Last modified: March 17, 1998