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Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Eric Charry
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Paperback. This work traces the origins of one of Africa's richest and most sophisticated music cultures, from its beginnings in the 13th century Mali Empire, to the recording studios of Paris and New York. It focuses on four spheres of Mande music: hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, and jembe. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 78 halftones, 30 line drawings, 36 musical examples, 8 maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGE; AVGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 832.
With "Mande Music", Eric Charry offers the most comprehensive source available on one of Africa's richest and most sophisticated music cultures. Using resources as disparate as early Arabic travel accounts, oral histories and archival research as well as his own extensive music lessons and interviews, Charry traces this music culture from its origins in the 13th-century Mali empire to the recording studios of Paris and New York. He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande music - hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern music - exploring how each evolved, the ... Read more
With "Mande Music", Eric Charry offers the most comprehensive source available on one of Africa's richest and most sophisticated music cultures. Using resources as disparate as early Arabic travel accounts, oral histories and archival research as well as his own extensive music lessons and interviews, Charry traces this music culture from its origins in the 13th-century Mali empire to the recording studios of Paris and New York. He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande music - hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern music - exploring how each evolved, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
531
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226101620
SKU
V9780226101620
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