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Smith, G. E. (2005). The Canadian Folk Music Journal/The Canadian Journal for Traditional Music - La Revue de musique folklorique canadienne: Reflections on Thirty Years of Writing about Folk and Traditional Music in Canada. MUSICultures, 32. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21596
Abstract
This paper examines the genesis of the CJTM/RMFC over its thirty year existence. These “partial” reflections include discussion of issues surrounding folk music collection and classification, as well as ongoing debates surrounding what constituted real folk music. The over 200 articles and reviews in the Journal’s 30 volumes show emergent ideas in ethnomusicology and folklore related to fieldwork, changing paradigms with respect to writing about music, and the relation of musical performance to musical research Tensions and competing paradigms between French-speaking and English-speaking approaches are also considered. Finally, questions about the place of the Journal in the context of current ethnomusicological research, as well as comparisons with other related journals, including Ethnologies, Ethnomusicology,and the Journal of American Folklore are raised.- The author retains copyright over the work.
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