Here in a single paperback volume is a comprehensive set of essays covering all aspects of African music. This handbook provides an introduction to the continent and its many musical forms, including a history of scholarship in the region, a discussion of issues and process in the study of African music, and a number of regional case studies covering North, West, East, Central, and Southern Africa. Popular music in this region is also a focus. Featuring a sixty-minute audio CD, a glossary, and guides to publications, recordings, and films and videos, this volume will provide an invaluable resource for teachers, students and general readers interested in African music. Peter Cooke, UK; David B. Coplan; Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Angela Impey, University of Natal, South Africa; John E. Kaemmer
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This is an important publication, ready for use by students, teachers, and researchers, and rich with reference value for all in the humanities.
–American Reference Books Annual, 2000
–American Reference Books Annual, 2000
About the Author
Ruth Stone is Associate Vice Provost for Research and Laura Boulton Professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and the African Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The Garland Handbook Of African Music is a single volume compilation of informative essays written by the leading scholars in the field of African music. This outstanding reference explores all aspects of African music as it explores the content and its many musical forms. Included is a thorough discussion of the issues and processes in the study of African music, illustrated by a number of regional case studies covering North, West, East, Central, and Southern Africa. The Garland Handbook Of African Music is enhanced with an accompanying 60 minute CD, a glossary, and guides to publications, recordings, films and videos. The Garland Handbook Of African Music is an invaluable, highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic multicultural and African music reference collections.
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South Africa, West Africa, New York, Sierra Leone, North Africa, Central Sudanic, Stanley Sadie, Latin American, University of California, Oxford University Press, United States, Western Sudanic, Cape Town, Los Angeles, The New Grove Dictionary, University of Chicago Press, Gerhard Kubik, Zooba Sande, Indiana University Press, Indian Ocean, African Arts, Great War, Miriam Makeba, Northwestern University Press, Burkina Faso New!
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wine guitar music, mortar drum, trough zither, male masquerader, log xylophone, sion drum, stick zither, plucked lute, goblet drum, arched harp, xylophone music, mbira music, notched flute, friction bow, box resonator, ivory trumpets, musical bow, black show business, masked dancing, linguistic tones, heptatonic scale, bowed lute, highlife music, royal musicians, jùjú music Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, West Africa, New York, Sierra Leone, North Africa, Central Sudanic, Stanley Sadie, Latin American, University of California, Oxford University Press, United States, Western Sudanic, Cape Town, Los Angeles, The New Grove Dictionary, University of Chicago Press, Gerhard Kubik, Zooba Sande, Indiana University Press, Indian Ocean, African Arts, Great War, Miriam Makeba, Northwestern University Press, Burkina Faso New!
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- New Grove Dictionary by Sadie on 6 pages
- Essays on music and history in Africa by Klaus Wachsmann on 6 pages
- Let the Inside be Sweet: Interpretation of Music Event Among the Kpelle of Liberia by Ruth M. Stone on 5 pages
- In Township Tonight: South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre by David B. Coplan on 4 pages
- Studies in African Music (2 Volumes) by A. M. Jones on 4 pages
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