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Essays on Music and History in Africa

Description:

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....

Keyword:

Music

Subject:

African Studies

Creator:

Klaus P. Wachsmann

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press

Date Uploaded:

08/10/2018

Date Modified:

08/10/2018

Date Created:

1971

Resource Type:

Book
African Music on LP: An Annotated Discography

Description:

Containing details of 390 L.P. and E.P. recordings,African Music on LP: An Annotated Discographycontributed to the scholarship of African music at a time when very little had been written. Organized by record label and arranged in alphabetical order, Allen P. Merriam assesses the stylistic characteristics of each recording, providing new...

Keyword:

Music

Subject:

African Studies

Creator:

Alan P. Merriam

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press

Date Uploaded:

08/09/2018

Date Modified:

08/09/2018

Date Created:

1972

Resource Type:

Book
Glossary of Hausa Music and Its Social Contexts

Description:

The richness, variety, and complexity of the culture of the Hausa city-states are illustrated in microcosm in Glossary of Hausa Music and Its Social Contexts, in which several hundred Hausa terms for music are collected. David W. Ames and Anthony V. King concentrate on the kingdoms of Zaria and Katsina,...

Keyword:

Music

Subject:

African Studies

Creator:

David W. Ames and Anthony V. King

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press

Date Uploaded:

08/08/2018

Date Modified:

08/08/2018

Date Created:

1971

Resource Type:

Book