Musical instruments of the Indigenous people of South Africa /

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"One of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists, Percival R. Kirby was concerned about the demise of traditional cultural practices of African people. Whilst at Wits, he was encouraged by his colleagues, people like Raymond Dart and Louis Maingard, to make a comprehensiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kirby, Percival R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2013.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Musical instruments > South Africa.
Indigenous peoples > South Africa.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
Indigenous peoples
Musical instruments
South Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THIRD EDITION; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1 RATTLES AND CLAPPERS; 2 DRUMS; 3 XYLOPHONES AND 'SANSAS'; 4 BULL-ROARERS AND SPINNING-DISKS; 5 HORNS AND TRUMPETS; 6 WHISTLES, FLUTES, AND VIBRATING REEDS; 7 REED-FLUTE ENSEMBLES; 8 THE 'GORA', A STRINGED-WIND INSTRUMENT; 9 STRINGED INSTRUMENTS; 10 BUSHMAN AND HOTTENTOT VIOLINS AND THE 'RAMKIE'; 11 SOME EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS PLAYED BY NATIVES; APPENDIX; ADDENDA; INDEX.

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