Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty : Faculty & Staff
Ruth Stone
- Affiliated Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- Director, Ethnomusicology Institute
Education
- Ph.D. at Indiana University, 1979
Research Interests
- Music as culture and performance
- Theory of ethnomusicology, Africa, the Middle East
Contact Information
| stone@indiana.edu |
| 508 N. Fess 104 |
| (812) 855-0398 |
Courses Recently Taught
- Pilgrimage & Music in the Middle East
- Fieldnotes in African Research
Publication Highlights
- Music of the Kpelle of Liberia. New York: Folkways Record Corporation,
FE4385. Field recordings by Ruth M. and Verlon L. Stone, notes by Ruth M. Stone, 1972. - Let the Inside Be Sweet: The Interpretation of Music Event among the Kpelle of Liberia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, xxvi, 182 pp., 1982.
- Garland Handbook of African Music. New York: Garland Publishing, xv, 397 pp. 1999.
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The World’s Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools. Vol.10. New York: Routledge, 2002.


