Tuning the kingdom : Kawuugulu musical performance, politics, and storytelling in Buganda /

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"Tuning the Kingdom draws on oral and written accounts, archival research, and musical analysis to examine how the Kawuugulu Clan-Royal Musical Ensemble of the Kingdom of Buganda (arguably the kingdom's oldest and longest-surviving performance ensemble) has historically managed, structured...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kafumbe, Damascus (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2018.
Series:Eastman/Rochester studies in ethnomusicology ; volume 7.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects > Uganda > Buganda.
Music and identity politics > Uganda > Buganda.
Musique > Aspect social > Ouganda > Buganda.
Musique et politique identitaire > Ouganda > Buganda.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
MUSIC / Ethnomusicology
Music and identity politics
Music > Social aspects
Uganda > Buganda
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: a kingdom in and out of tune
  • Introduction: Kawuugulu musical performance, politics, and storytelling
  • The Kawuugulu clan-royal music and dance ensemble
  • Kawuugulu and intra-clan politics
  • Kawuugulu and royal politics
  • Kawuugulu and inter-clan politics
  • Conclusion: a performative constitution.

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