The Musical Bows of the Nguni People of Southern Africa
Author: Gerard B. Jacobs
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 94
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Author: Gerard B. Jacobs
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 94
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sazi Dlamini
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2020-12-10
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 150134675X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMusical Bows of Southern Africa brings together current scholarly research that documents a rich regional diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices. The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region – complementing pioneering studies and charting contexts for a contemporary engagement with bow music as an exchangeable cultural practice. Each contribution is written by an expert in the field and collectively demonstrates the multidisciplinary potential of bow music, highlighting the several fields of knowledge that intersect with bow music including ethno-organology, applied ethnomusicology, composition, music literacy, social development, cultural economics, history, orality, performance and language.
Author: Percival Kirby
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 1868148289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed collection of information about the playing and making of the instruments of indigenous peoples' in South Africa. Percival Kirby was a musician and ethnomusicologist and for many years head of the music department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Between 1923 and 1933 he undertook more than nine expeditions as well as many shorter excursions around South Africa. He was hosted by local chiefs and taught to play the instruments he encountered. He managed to purchase many of them, and this collection, now known as the Kirby Collection, is housed at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town. First published as Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa in 1934, the book was the culmination of research trips undertaken by Percival Kirby. It became the standard reference on indigenous South African musical instruments. The bulk of the material is concerned with detailed information on the making and playing of each instrument, and is accompanied by a large number of musical examples. This third edition contains an introduction by Mike Nixon, Head of the Ethnomusicology and African Music at the South African College of Music, and new reproductions of the valuable historic photographs, but leaves Kirby's original text unchanged.
Author: David Dargie
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 11
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Laurie Levine
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781770090460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrack list for accompanying CD: p. 266-273.
Author: Christine Lucia
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2009-03-26
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1443807796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present Reader is a selection of texts on South African music which are chosen not only for their importance or the frequency of citations, but with the express purpose of providing the reader with a deep understanding of the music itself. Consequently, there are readings that are chosen because they have been influential, but there are also many which, though published, have not enjoyed very wide circulation. There are those which are of obvious historic interest, and others which speak to contemporary issues. Among other things, the volume provides an excellent sense of the varying ideologies and approaches that determine the relationship between author and subject. The reader is indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts of South African music and it is of great interest to ethnomusicologists more generally. It is also an excellent resource for those who do not have immediate access to harder-to-find articles, and is perhaps most vital to those who are looking to find a way into the world of South African music.
Author: Ellen Koskoff
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 786
ISBN-13: 0415994039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe critical importance of past for the present--of music histories in local and global forms--asserts itself. The history of world music, as each chapter makes clear, is one of critical moments and paradigm shifts.
Author: Gerhard Kubik
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-10-30
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 0226456919
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Author: Ruth M. Stone
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-04-02
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 1135900019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa and examine the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area. Part One provides an in-depth introduction to Africa. Part Two focuses on issues and processes, such as notation and oral tradition, dance in communal life, and intellectual property. Part Three focuses on the different regions, countries, and cultures of Africa with selected regional case studies. The second edition has been expanded to include exciting new scholarship that has been conducted since the first edition was published. Questions for Critical Thinking at the end of each major section guide and focus attention on what musical and cultural issues arise when one studies the music of Africa -- issues that might not occur in the study of other musics of the world. An accompanying audio compact disc offers musical examples of some of the music of Africa.