Ellen Koskoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 410725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen Koskoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen |
| FAMILY NAME | Koskoff |
| SIGNATURE | KOSKOFF E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastman School of Music |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
My Music
In this time of political, social, and disciplinary contention and competition, I wish to explore an important link that can bind us together, no matter our gender, race, age, musical tastes, or political leanings. That link is music and the magical feeling of becoming the music as we listen to and experience the music we love. In this talk, I examine certain pieces of music that have been important to me over the course of my life, music that ha…
From Kuno to Kebyar
Reviewed by: From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung by Ruby Ornstein Ellen Koskoff (bio) From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung. Recordings and notes by Ruby Ornstein. Smithsonian Folkways, SFW 50411, 2010. One CD (70 minutes). 23 pages of notes. (CD) $16.98; (download) $9.99. With From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung, Ruby Ornstein has given us a rich and timely musical offering. Beautifully produced and annotated, the …
When Women Play
In many societies, musical roles are divided along gender lines: women sing and men play. Men also sing and women sometimes play; yet, unlike men, women who play often do so in contexts of sexual and social marginality. This essay surveys the literature on women's use of musical instruments in a variety of social and cultural contexts and presents some contemporary anthropological theories regarding the interrelationship between social structure …
Response to Rice
Music in Lubavitcher Life
Women in music
Books in the Nineties
Music, Talent and Performance
Dance, Sex and Gender
Women and music in cross-cultural perspective
Music Cognition
Women Making Music
Response to Rice
In his essay developing a model for ethnomusicology, Rice critically examines an old model commonly associated with Alan Merriam and The Anthropology of Music, one that has guided our field for more than two decades. In doing so, Rice isolates what he sees as the central problems with Merriam's model. Throughout his essay, Rice uses these problems as starting points and, at times, justifications for his own arguments. In responding to Rice, I fee…
The Resource Book of Jewish Music
Cross Rhythms [2]
Ethnologi francaise
Guide for the Collection of Traditional Musical Instruments
Images of American Society in Popular Music
Structural Models in Anthropology
Old Jewish Folk Music
Tenement Songs
The Music-Network
One of the basic interests of ethnomusicologists has been discovering and understanding shared behavior. Generally, learning about a particular culture's has involved documenting and analyzing those aspects of culture that many individuals have in common. A general concept, eventually emerges from the collected experiences, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of those individuals whose cultures we study. While it is true that individuals of the same…
Women and music in cross-cultural perspective
When Women Play
In many societies, musical roles are divided along gender lines: women sing and men play. Men also sing and women sometimes play; yet, unlike men, women who play often do so in contexts of sexual and social marginality. This essay surveys the literature on women's use of musical instruments in a variety of social and cultural contexts and presents some contemporary anthropological theories regarding the interrelationship between social structure …
Response to Rice
In his essay developing a model for ethnomusicology, Rice critically examines an old model commonly associated with Alan Merriam and The Anthropology of Music, one that has guided our field for more than two decades. In doing so, Rice isolates what he sees as the central problems with Merriam's model. Throughout his essay, Rice uses these problems as starting points and, at times, justifications for his own arguments. In responding to Rice, I fee…
Response to Rice
Music Cognition
The Music-Network
One of the basic interests of ethnomusicologists has been discovering and understanding shared behavior. Generally, learning about a particular culture's has involved documenting and analyzing those aspects of culture that many individuals have in common. A general concept, eventually emerges from the collected experiences, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of those individuals whose cultures we study. While it is true that individuals of the same…
The Music-Network
One of the basic interests of ethnomusicologists has been discovering and understanding shared behavior. Generally, learning about a particular culture's has involved documenting and analyzing those aspects of culture that many individuals have in common. A general concept, eventually emerges from the collected experiences, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of those individuals whose cultures we study. While it is true that individuals of the same…
Tenement Songs
Old Jewish Folk Music
The Resource Book of Jewish Music
Cross Rhythms [2]
Ethnologi francaise
Guide for the Collection of Traditional Musical Instruments
Images of American Society in Popular Music
Structural Models in Anthropology
Response to Rice
In his essay developing a model for ethnomusicology, Rice critically examines an old model commonly associated with Alan Merriam and The Anthropology of Music, one that has guided our field for more than two decades. In doing so, Rice isolates what he sees as the central problems with Merriam's model. Throughout his essay, Rice uses these problems as starting points and, at times, justifications for his own arguments. In responding to Rice, I fee…
Music Cognition
Women Making Music
Women and music in cross-cultural perspective
Music, Talent and Performance
Dance, Sex and Gender
Women in music
Books in the Nineties
Music in Lubavitcher Life
Response to Rice
When Women Play
In many societies, musical roles are divided along gender lines: women sing and men play. Men also sing and women sometimes play; yet, unlike men, women who play often do so in contexts of sexual and social marginality. This essay surveys the literature on women's use of musical instruments in a variety of social and cultural contexts and presents some contemporary anthropological theories regarding the interrelationship between social structure …
From Kuno to Kebyar
Reviewed by: From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung by Ruby Ornstein Ellen Koskoff (bio) From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung. Recordings and notes by Ruby Ornstein. Smithsonian Folkways, SFW 50411, 2010. One CD (70 minutes). 23 pages of notes. (CD) $16.98; (download) $9.99. With From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung, Ruby Ornstein has given us a rich and timely musical offering. Beautifully produced and annotated, the …
My Music
In this time of political, social, and disciplinary contention and competition, I wish to explore an important link that can bind us together, no matter our gender, race, age, musical tastes, or political leanings. That link is music and the magical feeling of becoming the music as we listen to and experience the music we love. In this talk, I examine certain pieces of music that have been important to me over the course of my life, music that ha…
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