Chris McDonald. Rush, Music, and Middleclass: Dreaming in Middletown by Bradley Sroka

“…McDonald’s primary goal for his book is to “develop a critical understanding of Rush” using his own musicological training and the “historical and sociological literature on the North American middle class” (2009:5). McDonald is an ethnomusicologist, but his study of Rush reads more like the work of a cultural studies scholar. …”
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Lapsele laulmise fenomen koduses kasvatuskultuuris by Airi Liimets, Külli Erimäe

“…In our empirical research we have additionally sought to find out: a) what can be concluded from the comparison of our data and those of ethnomusicologist Anu Vissel from the 1990–2000, from the perspective of culture of education, and b) whether the results of our empirical research can enrich theoretical treatments of education as a cultural phenomenon. …”
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The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology by Jasmina Talam

“…In July 2015, Oxford University Press published a substantial volume titled The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology, co-edited by two eminent ethnomusicologists, Svanibor Pettan and Jeff Todd Titon. …”
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¿Qué es un registro sonoro? Sobre las ilusiones y certezas de la etnomusicología by Miguel A. García

“…The article reflects on the representational character of sound recording and on a particular use ethnomusicologists make of it. By means of the revision of bibliography generated in different disciplines and of the criticism of a series of preconceptions, a definition of sound recording is outlined, which relates it to the scientific, aesthetic, ideological and technological forces that govern the generation of other types of documents and the production of knowledge in general. …”
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The moving and shifting concept of culture by Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä

“…Today, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, cultural, and gender scholars are interested in culture not only as it is performed, but as it is continuously done, constructed, maintained through acting, musicking, talking, dancing together. …”
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Learning traditional singing in Serbian clubs in Vienna - economic aspects between amateurism and professionalism by Rašić Miloš

“…To learn traditional singing within the folklore sections of the mentioned clubs, the leaders hire pedagogues from Serbia - ethnomusicologists or individuals with completed secondary music schools in the departments of traditional sing­ing. …”
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Marking the 70th Anniversary of ICTM and 20th Anniversary of CES Folk Slovenia: Music, Sound and Ecology by Svanibor Pettan

“…ICTM is the leading international association of ethnomusicologists and has its office in Ljubljana from 2011 until 2017, while CES Folk Slovenia is a professional Slovenian association as well as the national branch of the ICTM. …”
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In memoriam Bruno Nettl by Svanibor Pettan

“…With Bruno Nettl’s passing on 15 January this year, the world of ethnomusicology lost one of its major figures, a scholar who significantly contributed to its affirmation as an academic field worldwide, and who inspired and kept supporting generations of ethnomusicologists on their way to new heights. His lectures at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts in 2007 raised lots of interest among the professors and students; at that occasion, he presented the Department of Musicology his collection of abstracts. …”
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FOLKLORE AND DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM. A CASE STUDY OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN COMMUNIST ROMANIA by Theodor CONSTANTINIU

“…Despite the constraints, we argue that ethnomusicologists had at hand a coherent system of analysis of the folk music, which they had to adapt to the official ideology.…”
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Transformations of Tonality: A Longitudinal Study of Yodeling in the Muotatal Valley, Central Switzerland by Wey, Yannick

“…This paper examines the transformation of tonalities in the Central Switzerland village of Muotatal, a small region attracting the focus of ethnomusicologists for harboring and conserving a unique style of yodel, called juuz. …”
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FOLK SONG COLLECTION IN CSÍKMADARAS AT THE TURN OF THE 20-21ST CENTURY by Zoltán SZALAY

“…The latter has always been a preferred area for ethnomusicologists, beginning with Béla Bartók. After I started collecting folk songs in the area in 1993, I set out to make a monograph of vocal songs of Csíkmadaras village. …”
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Review of Georgina Born and David Hesmondhalgh, eds. 2000. Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. Berkeley: University of California... by Aaron A. Fox

“…This is an important book, and deserves attention from ethnomusicologists, historical musicologists, and students of popular culture across the disciplines. …”
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<i>Folklore</i> and <i>tradition</i> in ethnomusicology. A comparison of their use and meaning in Italian and Croatian through English by Linda Cimardi

“…The terms <i>folklore</i> and <i>tradition</i> (and the derived adjectives) in relation to music have been employed to define the subject of ethnomusicologists’ study. In this article, the meaning of these words is considered in their historical use in ethnomusicology and akin disciplines, as well as in the common sense in English, Italian and Croatian, trying to identify the main shared elements as well as the differences. …”
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The politics of participation: an ethnography of gamelan associations in Surakarta, Central Java by Roberts, J

“…<p>Professional Javanese gamelan musicians and the way they think about and make music have been extensively studied by ethnomusicologists. This thesis shifts the analytical focus to the experience and practice of players in ‘gamelan associations’ for whom music is neither their primary occupation nor main source of income. …”

The role of gong ensemble music in shaping ritual in Sabah: A comparison between Dusunic and Bajau Sama’ cultures by Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan

“…While some ethnomusicologists have looked at the impact of music in shaping Southeast Asian societies, this chapter focuses on the impact or significance of music, especially gong ensemble music, in shaping traditional ritual ceremonies in Sabah. …”