Download or read book Nettl's Elephant written by Bruno Nettl and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveying the field he helped establish, Bruno Nettl investigates how concepts such as evolution, geography, and history serve as catalysts for advancing ethnomusicological methods and perspectives. Nettl moves from reflections on the history of ethnomusicology to evaluations of the principal organizations in the field, interspersing those broader discussions with shorter essays focusing on neglected literature and personal experiences. --from publisher description.