Ethnomusicology and African Music: Modes of inquiry and interpretation
Author | : J. H. Kwabena Nketia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015061175892 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The volume in hand deals with modes of inquiry and interpretation broadly organised into sections on theory, and historical and creative studies. The section on theoretical issues comprises papers on: the problem of meaning in African music; musicology and African music; the juncture of the social and the musical; integrating objectivity and experience in ethnomusicological studies; the aesthetic dimension in ethnomusicological studies; universal perspectives in ethnomusicology; and contextual strategies of inquiry and systematisation. The section on creative and historical topics covers the following: the history of music in African culture; history and the organization of music in West Africa; historical evidence in Ga religious music; processes of differentiation and interdependency in African music; African musical roots in the Americas; and developing contemporary idioms out of traditional music.