Essays on Music and History in Africa

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2018
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-3959-6 (ISBN)

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This classic ethnomusicological survey provides a valuable guide to African music. The essays review a broad swath of genres and topics, including court songs and music history, musical instruments in different traditions, and the connection between Islam and African music.

This classic ethnomusicological survey provides as a valuable guide to African music. The essays review a broad swath of genres and topics, including court songs and music history, musical instruments in different traditions, and the connection between Islam and African music. Contributors are Lois Ann Anderson, John Blacking, Philip J. C. Dark, David M. Dixon, Akin Euba, John D. Fage, Matthew Hill, A. M. Jones, Percival R. Kirby, J. H. Kwabena Nketia, Gilbert Rouget, David K. Rycroft, and Klaus P. Wachsmann.

Klaus P. Wachsmann (1907-1984) was an ethnomusicologist considered a pioneer in the traditional music of Africa. He taught at UCLA and Northwestern University.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2018
Verlagsort	Evanston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 226 mm
Gewicht	372 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8101-3959-6 / 0810139596
ISBN-13	978-0-8101-3959-6 / 9780810139596
Zustand	Neuware