Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 200 g
Reihe: Global Music Series
Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 200 g
Reihe: Global Music Series
ISBN: 978-0-19-514500-7
Verlag: OUP USA
This book introduces the musical traditions of West Africa and discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns of the region's culture.
This book introduces the musical traditions of West Africa and discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns of the region's culture. Drawing upon the author's extensive fieldwork, it explores how the music's complex rhythmic combinations in fast-paced patterns and quick, tightly orchestrated movements influence how West Africans understand themselves and their culture.
1. TRAVELING TO WEST AFRICA; Journeys; Tools; West Africa in Perspective; Music in the Arts and Life; Style Areas; Ideas about Performance; Musical Instruments; Resources; 2. PERFORMANCE FACETS; Vocal Facets in Epic Performance; Instrumental Facets in Hor
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kunstethnologie, Musikethnologie