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- catalog abstract ""Here in a single paperback volume is a comprehensive set of essays, written by the leading scholars in the field, that explores all aspects of African music. This handbook provides an introduction to the continent and its many musical forms, including a discussion of issues and processes in the study of African music and a number of regional case studies covering North, West, East, Central, and Southern Africa. Popular music in this region is also a focus. Featuring a sixty-minute audio CD, a glossary, and guides to publications, recordings, and films and videos, this volume will serve as an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and general readers interested in African musics."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Garland encyclopedia of world music. Volume 1, Africa.".
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- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Here in a single paperback volume is a comprehensive set of essays, written by the leading scholars in the field, that explores all aspects of African music. This handbook provides an introduction to the continent and its many musical forms, including a discussion of issues and processes in the study of African music and a number of regional case studies covering North, West, East, Central, and Southern Africa. Popular music in this region is also a focus. Featuring a sixty-minute audio CD, a glossary, and guides to publications, recordings, and films and videos, this volume will serve as an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and general readers interested in African musics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Discography: p. 373-376.".
- catalog description "Filmography: p. 377-378.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-372) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Introduction to African music. Profile of Africa ; African music in a constellation of arts ; Exploring African music / Ruth M. Stone -- pt. 2. Issues and processes in African music. Notation and oral tradition / Kay Kaufman Shelemay -- Dance in communal life / Patience A. Kwakwa -- Islam in Liberia / Lester P. Monts -- The guitar in Africa / Andrew L. Kaye -- Kru mariners and migrants of the West African coast / Cynthia Schmidt -- Latin American musical influences in Zaïre / Kazadi wa Mukuna -- Popular music in Africa / Angela Impey -- pt. 3. Regional case studies. West Africa : West Africa : an introduction / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje -- Yoruba popular music / Christopher Waterman -- North Africa : North Africa : an introduction ; Tuareg music / Caroline Card Wendt -- East Africa : East Africa : an introduction / Peter Cooke ; Music in Tanzania / Stephen H. Martin -- Central Africa : Central Africa : an introduction / Gerhard Kubik -- Musical life in the Central African Republic / Michelle Kisliuk -- Southern Africa : Southern Africa : an introduction / John E. Kaemmer -- Popular music in South Africa / David B. Coplan.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 397 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0815334737 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780815334736 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Garland,".
- catalog spatial "Africa".
- catalog subject "Folk music Africa History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "ML350 .G54 1999".
- catalog subject "Music Africa History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "World music Africa History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Introduction to African music. Profile of Africa ; African music in a constellation of arts ; Exploring African music / Ruth M. Stone -- pt. 2. Issues and processes in African music. Notation and oral tradition / Kay Kaufman Shelemay -- Dance in communal life / Patience A. Kwakwa -- Islam in Liberia / Lester P. Monts -- The guitar in Africa / Andrew L. Kaye -- Kru mariners and migrants of the West African coast / Cynthia Schmidt -- Latin American musical influences in Zaïre / Kazadi wa Mukuna -- Popular music in Africa / Angela Impey -- pt. 3. Regional case studies. West Africa : West Africa : an introduction / Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje -- Yoruba popular music / Christopher Waterman -- North Africa : North Africa : an introduction ; Tuareg music / Caroline Card Wendt -- East Africa : East Africa : an introduction / Peter Cooke ; Music in Tanzania / Stephen H. Martin -- Central Africa : Central Africa : an introduction / Gerhard Kubik -- Musical life in the Central African Republic / Michelle Kisliuk -- Southern Africa : Southern Africa : an introduction / John E. Kaemmer -- Popular music in South Africa / David B. Coplan.".
- catalog title "The Garland handbook of African music / edited by Ruth M. Stone.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".