Creating a Global Music History


 The authors use the mission statement of the ICTM Study Group on Global Music History to present issues they
faced in writing a global music history intended for use in schools of music (conservatories) in the United States.
They argue that all global music histories will of necessity be written from some position on the globe, not from
“outer space”; explain how they constructed a chronology going back thousands of years from sound recordings
all made in the twentieth century; and outline their pedagogical goal of introducing music students to the full range
of human music making today.

