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Compiled by Julie Hunter

The Scholarship of James T. Koetting

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1978. “Africa: Drum, Chant and Instrumental Music. Recorded in Niger, Mali and Upper Volta by Stephan Jay,” Record Review. Ethnomusicology 22(1): 225-226.

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Music in Ghana/Africa:

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_______. 1982. “Principles of Offbeat Timing and Cross-Rhythm in Southern Eve Dance Drumming.” Ethnomusicology 26(2): 217-246.

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Histories and Practices of Ethnomusicology:

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_______. 1989. “Stance, Role, and Identity in Fieldwork among Folk Baptists and Pentecostals in the United States.” American Music 3: 16-24.