Theory of African Music: v.1 (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

by Gerhard Kubik (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $35.87

  Offers an account of the music of Africa. This book describes and examines xylophone playing in southern Uganda and harp music from the Central African Republic; compares multi-part singing from across the continent; and explores movement and sound in eastern Angola. It also includes a cognitive study of African rhythm and Yoruba chantefables.