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© 2017, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847107217 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737007214 Europeans came? If you look at the New York Musicological Society, founded, Ithink, in1934,20 therearesomemusichistorians,but thereare just asmany peoplewho are involved inmusic theory orwhat became ethnomusicology. PVB: CharlesSeeger21 (1886–1979)was there, right? BN: Charles, yes. GeorgeHerzog22 (1901–1983)was there.23HelenRoberts24 (1888–1985). Also, Joseph Schillinger25 (1895–1943), awacky composer withatheoretical system.HenryCowell26 (1897–1965). Ican’t remember the entire list. It wasmuchmore evenly distributed between historical musicologyandeverybodyelse. Forexample,onepersonwhowas there wasHaroldSpivacke27 (1904–1977). Spivacke,ofcourse,becamechiefof theMusic Division of the Library of Congress. He had done his Ph.D. under ErichMoritz vonHornbostel28 (1877–1935) in somekindof sys- tematic-musicology subject inBerlin.29 If I can lookat it fromanAmer- icanviewpoint, all theseEuropeans cameand they said, “what youguys are doing, that’s not the real musicology. Real musicology is studying 20 In1934,itwasactually theAmericanMusicologicalSociety thatwasfoundedasanextension of theNewYorkMusicologicalSociety,whichhadbeentheprimaryacademicorganization formusic research since its founding in1930. 21 CharlesSeegerwasanAmericanmusicscholar, composer,andfounding figure for the field of ethnomusicology.He studied atHarvard and inCologne, thereafter assuming teaching positionsat theUniversitiesofCalifornia inBerkeleyandLosAngeles. 22 George Herzog was an American ethnomusicologist of Hungarian Jewish heritage, who studied inBudapest, Berlin, andNewYorkCity. As Professor ofAnthropology at Indiana Universityhewasoneof the founding figuresofAmericanethnomusicology. 23 GeorgeHerzogwould laterbecomeBrunoNettl’sPh.D. adviser at IndianaUniversity. 24 HelenRobertswasanAmericananthropologistwhoseresearchontheexpressivecultureof Indigenouspeopleswasfoundationalforethnomusicology.Sheheldnumerousteachingand researchpositions, among thematYaleUniversity,which she left in the late 1930s towork outsideofacademic studies for the remainderof her life. 25 JosephSchillingerwasaRussian-borncomposerandmusic theorist, bestknownfordeve- lopingtheSchillingerSystemofMusicalComposition.HeimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesin 1928 and interacted with many areas of American musical life, including experimental compositionandmusicology. 26 Henry Cowell was an American composer, best known for experimental approaches to performanceandcomposition.Hehadnoformalmusiceducation,buthisinnovationswere widely influential onAmericanmusical life. 27 Harold Spivacke was anAmericanmusicologist whose career was largely devoted to the development ofmusic library collections. Hewas chief of the Library of CongressMusic Division for thirty-fiveyears. 28 ErichMoritz vonHornbostel was an Austrian and German ethnomusicologist of Jewish heritage. He studied chemistry inVienna and psychology in Berlin, where he conducted research at the Phonogramm-Archiv. His contributions to the use of sound recording in fieldworkandorganologyare foundational for the fieldof ethnomusicology. 29 HealsostudiedwithArnoldScheringandCurtSachsinBerlin,writingadissertationonthe subject, “ÜberdieobjektiveundsubjektiveTonintensität” in1933. Adler inAmerica–AConversation 211 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY-NC-ND 4.0