West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities : An Ethnomusicological Perspective /

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More than twenty universities and twenty other colleges in North America (USA and Canada) offer performance courses on West African ethnic dance drumming. This strong presence of a world music ensemble in the diaspora has captured and engaged the interest of scholars, musicians, dancers, and audienc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dor, George Worlasi Kwasi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Edition:First printing.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Drum > Instruction and study.
Dance > Study and teaching (Higher)
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
Danses noires > Afrique occidentale > Influence.
Tambour > Afrique occidentale > Influence.
Tambour > Étude et enseignement > Amerique du Nord.
Dance, Black > Africa, West > Influence.
Dance > Study and teaching (Higher) > North America.
Drum > Africa, West > Influence.
Drum > Instruction and study > North America.
North America.
West Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Historical overview of West African drumming and dance in North America, from the period of slavery (1619-1863) until the early 1960s
  • Selected university ensembles : history, resources, repertoire, teaching, learning, performance(s), and reception
  • Pedagogical approaches of dance drumming instructors
  • The impact of West African drumming and dance on the participating student
  • Path-finding agency of administrators and ensemble directors
  • A transplanted musical practice flourishing in the African diaspora
  • World music and globalization : West African drum-dance ensembles.

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