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- catalog abstract "This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music.--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b4004679.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "African Mbira and the music of the Shona -- An overview of Shona Mbira -- The nature of Mbira music -- In performance: The Shona Mbira ensemble and the relationship between the Mbira player and the Mbira -- Learning the Mbira -- The poetry of the Mbira -- Music and spirit possession at a Shona Bira -- The law of Mbira: Mbira in the lives of performers and the changing status of Mbira music -- Appendix I: Kudeketera song texts -- Appendix II: Absolute tunings (c.p.s.) of five Mbira DzaVadzimu -- Appendix III: Building and playing a Shona Karimba -- Discography: Shona Mbira music.".
- catalog description "Discography: p. 301.".
- catalog description "Filmography: p. 302.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.".
- catalog description "This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music.--Publisher description.".
- catalog extent "xx, 312 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226043797 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 26.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Zimbabwe".
- catalog spatial "Zimbabwe.".
- catalog subject "786.8/5 20".
- catalog subject "ML350 .B47 1993".
- catalog subject "Mbira music History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Music Zimbabwe History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Musical instruments Zimbabwe.".
- catalog subject "Shona (African people) Music History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "African Mbira and the music of the Shona -- An overview of Shona Mbira -- The nature of Mbira music -- In performance: The Shona Mbira ensemble and the relationship between the Mbira player and the Mbira -- Learning the Mbira -- The poetry of the Mbira -- Music and spirit possession at a Shona Bira -- The law of Mbira: Mbira in the lives of performers and the changing status of Mbira music -- Appendix I: Kudeketera song texts -- Appendix II: Absolute tunings (c.p.s.) of five Mbira DzaVadzimu -- Appendix III: Building and playing a Shona Karimba -- Discography: Shona Mbira music.".
- catalog title "The soul of mbira : music and traditions of the Shona people of Zimbabwe : with an appendix, Building and playing a Shona karimba / Paul Berliner.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".