Essays on Music and History in Africa

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44.95
book_author_name: 
Klaus P. Wachsmann
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Northwestern University Press
published_date: 
30/10/2018
isbn: 
9780810139596
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Books > Entertainment > Music > Music theory
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Klaus P. Wachsmann|Paperback|Northwestern University Press|30/10/2018
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9780810139596
Book 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. 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.

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