We are soon
receiving a complete draft of Volume IV for our book series Deep Soundings: The Lexington
Series in Historical Ethnomusicology. It will be one of the few books to
offer an ethnomusicological perspective on a European composer, in this case
Xaver Scharwenka, and is written by Dr.
Mikolaj Rykowski, vice rector with the Paderewsky Academy of Music in Poznan,
Poland. This book promises to advance the field of historical
ethnomusicology with new insights into sociocultural and historical aspects of European art music, enriched
through application of glocalization
theory. Two additional volumes are already under contract with this series, and we expect several more over the coming years.
It was also
quite exciting last week to see the emergence of a brilliant new scholar in the
fields of folk music and historical ethnomusicology, Dr. Laura Ellestad, who gave an
impressive performance throughout her trial lecture and doctoral defense at the
Norwegian Academy of Music, in Oslo. Dr. Ellestad’s dissertation sheds new light on historical
Norwegian-American music traditions in the upper-Midwest region of the United
States. She is also highly accomplished as a fiddler in Norwegian folk music
genres, and has become the very first scholar
in the academy’s folk music programs to successfully complete a PhD degree. Ellestad's dissertation is now available as a free download.
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