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Author : William Oscar Anku
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
Download or read book Procedures in African Drumming written by William Oscar Anku and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Worlasi Kwasi Dor
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496801970
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)
Download or read book West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities written by George Worlasi Kwasi Dor and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty universities and twenty other colleges in North America (USA and Canada) offer performance courses on West African ethnic dance drumming. Since its inception in 1964 at both UCLA and Columbia, West African drumming and dance has gradually developed into a vibrant campus subculture in North America. The dances most practiced in the American academy come from the ethnic groups Ewe, Akan, Ga, Dagbamba, Mande, and Wolof, thereby privileging dances mostly from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. This strong presence and practice of a world music ensemble in the diaspora has captured and engaged the interest of scholars, musicians, dancers, and audiences. In the first-ever ethnographic study of West African drumming and dance in North American universities, the author documents and acknowledges ethnomusicologists, ensemble directors, students, administrators, and academic institutions for their key roles in the histories of their respective ensembles. Dor collates and shares perspectives including debates on pedagogical approaches that may be instructive as models for both current and future ensemble directors and reveals the multiple impacts that participation in an ensemble or class offers students. He also examines the interplay among historically situated structures and systems, discourse, and practice, and explores the multiple meanings that individuals and various groups of people construct from this campus activity. The study will be of value to students, directors, and scholars as an ethnographic study and as a text for teaching relevant courses in African music, African studies, ethnomusicology/world music, African diaspora studies, and other related disciplines.
Author : Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education
Publisher : African Minds
ISBN 13 : 1920051112
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Download or read book Emerging Solutions for Musical Arts Education in Africa written by Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education and published by African Minds. This book was released on 2005 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Solutions for Musical arts Education in South Africa offers peer-reviewed articles prepared for the 2003 Conference of the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education in Africa held in Kisumu, Maseno, Kenya. Not only does this publication voice the solutions offered by 31 authors from the African continent and beyond, but it presents in a unique and highly accessible fashion the collective voice of the conference participants. True to the spirit of ubuntu - an individual is only a person through other people (their communities) - this publication is a reflection of the essence of an overarching sub-Saharan philosophy; the contents represents a conference where papers were not presented, but where conference participants engaged to discuss solutions for the musical arts on the African continent. While the individual voice has been given its rightful place, the collective voice represents an emergent song composed by the scholarly community in oral fashion. This publication provides insight into the problems of musical arts education in Africa; and solutions for musical arts education.
Author : Kalani
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780739038697
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)
Download or read book World Rhythms! Arts Program Presents West African Drum & Dance: A Yankadi-Macrou Celebration (Teacher's Guide), Book, DVD & CD written by Kalani and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rhythms and dances of Guinea, West Africa spring to life in this ground-breaking multimedia collection from award-winning author Kalani and noted world percussionist Ryan M. Camara! More than just a drumming book, this easy-to-use method immerses teachers and students in traditional West African music, dance and culture through a step-by-step curriculum that maintains cultural authenticity. The World Rhythms! Arts Program (WRAP) is a multiple-discipline curriculum that incorporates drumming, singing, dance, and culture. Rooted in traditional West African music and dance, WRAP helps develop essential arts and life skills through a holistic approach to music and movement education. A must for your classroom!
Author : Agawu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197664067
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)
Download or read book On African Music written by Agawu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, On African Music is a collection of seven essays addressing various techniques, influences, and scholarly approaches to African music. After a concise introduction spelling out the rationale for the book, successive chapters develop answers to questions such as: How does a "minimalist impulse" animate creativity in Africa, and does "Western minimalism" differ from "African minimalism"? How do we explain the prevalence of iconic effects in African expressive forms? How has (European) tonality functioned as a "colonizing force" in African music? Why is the (written) art music of the continent talked about so little when it has been in existence since the middle of the nineteenth century? How might the discipline of music theory be rejuvenated by "aid" from Africa? What are the strengths and limitations of ethnotheory as a methodology? Who is who in theorizations of African rhythm, and how might we explain the shape of the existing archive? This book thus deals with analytical and interpretive issues, the politics of scholarship, and salient features of African music. Laced with provocative viewpoints on each page, On African Music should appeal not only to readers curious about the structural underpinnings of African music but also to those who wish to reflect critically and philosophically on how we study and write about the music of the continent, how we might approach its global status with a firm understanding from the inside, and what our priorities might be in promoting an empowering cosmopolitan discourse.
Author : Kofi Agawu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190263202
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book The African Imagination in Music written by Kofi Agawu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Imagination in Music offers a fresh introduction to the vast and complex world of Sub-Saharan African music. Through close readings of traditional music and references to popular music, Agawu considers topics including the place of music in society, musical instruments, language and music, and appropriations of African music.
Author : Bayo Martins
Publisher : P. Kivouvou Editions Bantoues
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Message of African Drumming written by Bayo Martins and published by P. Kivouvou Editions Bantoues. This book was released on 1983 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Modesto Mawulolo Kwaku Amegago
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592219346
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book African Drumming written by Modesto Mawulolo Kwaku Amegago and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Drumming: The History and Continuity of African Drumming Traditions has been inspired by the need to document and share African drumming traditions. Amegago draws from his life-long research in African drumming, music and dance, arts and cultures to compose a unique text that shares his experiences with other Africanist artists and scholars. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, Amegago illuminates the concepts, origin, nature and functions of African drumming, the roles of drummers in African and African Diaspora societies. He examines the drum making processes, drumming techniques and structures and the philosophical values and meanings embedded in African drumming performances. African Drumming provides a basis for understanding the historical and cultural contexts of drumming and broadens cross cultural awareness of artistic forms. Its intention is to inspire further creativity, performance, education and research in World music, dance and artistic cultures. The book will be useful to musicians, drummers, dancers, musicologists, dance ethnologists, arts therapists, art historians, linguists, philosophers and other social scientists. The book is divided into eight chapters: Chapter one reviews the definitions, concepts, and origins of African drums. Chapter two provides a discussion of drums found among the African peoples and samples of drums. Chapter three re-examines the uses and functions of drums in African and African Diaspora societies while chapter four reviews the role of drummers in African societies; drummers' training, status and remuneration. Chapter five discusses the organization of drumming/music and dance groups in African and African Diaspora societies. Chapter six discusses the materials used in constructing the drums, the drum making, tuning and naming processes. Chapter seven discusses the techniques, structure and processes of African drumming/performance, and finally, chapter eight elucidates the textual basis of African drumming, followed by a summary and conclusion [Publisher description]
Author : Kwasi Ampene
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000060322
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Download or read book Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana written by Kwasi Ampene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana is a comprehensive portrait of Asante court musical arts. Weaving together historical narratives with analyses of texts performed on drums, ivory trumpets, and a cane flute, the book includes a critical assembly of ancient song texts, the poetry of bards (kwadwom), and referential poetry performed by members of the constabulary (apae). The focus is on the intersections between lived experience, music, and values, and refers to musical examples drawn from court ceremonies, rituals, festivals, as well as casual performances elicited in the course of fieldwork. For the Asante, the performing arts are complex sites for recording and storing personal experiences, and they have done so for centuries with remarkable consistency and self-consciousness. This book draws on archaeological, archival, historical, ethnographical and analytical sources to craft a view of the Asante experience as manifested in its musical and allied arts. Its goal is to privilege the voices of the Asante and how they express their history, religious philosophy, social values, economic, and political experiences through the musical and allied arts. The author’s theoretical formulation includes the concept of value, referring to ideas, worldview concepts, beliefs, and social relationships that inform musical practices and choices in Asante.
Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674011632
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Harvard Dictionary of Music written by Don Michael Randel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-28 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.
