Author | Brandel, Rose. author |
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Title | The Music of Central Africa: An Ethnomusicological Study [electronic resource] : Former French Equatorial Africa the Former Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi Uganda, Tanganyika / by Rose Brandel |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1973 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7396-2 |
Descript | XII, 272 p. 12 illus. online resource |
One -- I. Introduction: Geographical, cultural, and language areas outlined -- II. The Music and Some Preliminary Considerations -- III. Musical Ethnology of Central Africa -- IV. The MusicโAnalysis and Discussion -- V. Singing Style -- VI. Conclusion -- Two -- Preface to Transcriptions -- Transcriptions -- 1. Mangbetu choral song -- 2. Babira choral song -- 3. Babira choral song -- 4. Babira circumcision drums -- 5. Babira circumcision dance -- 6. Babira circumcision dance -- 7. Bapere circumcision dance -- 8. Bapere circumcision bird -- 9. Bapere circumcision flagellation -- 10. Bapere horns (Cent-Frequency Chart 1) -- 11. Bapere xylophone (Cent-Frequency Chart 2) -- 12. Mambuti Pygmies elephant feast -- 13. Mambuti Pygmies dance; flutes and drum (Cent-Frequency Chart 3) -- 14. Mambuti Pygmies hunting song -- 15. Batwa Pygmies dance -- 16. Batwa Pygmies dance -- 17. Bahutu dance -- 18. Watutsi royal drums -- 19. Watutsi royal drums -- 20. Watutsi epic song of war -- 21. Watutsi epic song of war -- 22. Babunda new year song -- 23. Bambala drum telegraphy -- 24. Baya dance -- 25. Mboko mouth bow (Cent-Frequency Chart 4) -- 26. Mboko riddle song; zither (Cent-Frequency Chart 5) -- 27. Pomo perambulating song -- 28. NโGundi humorous love song; sanza (Cent-Frequency Chart 6) -- 29. NโGundi song -- 30. Babinga Pygmies elephant-hunt ritual -- 31. Babinga Pygmies social dance -- 32. Yaswa xylophones (Cent-Frequency Chart 7) -- 33. Kukuya ivory horns (Cent-Frequency Chart 8) -- 34. Kuyu shamanโs alligator-song; horn (Cent-Frequency Chart 9) -- 35. Kuyu birth-of-twins dance -- 36. Bongili banana work song -- 37. Baduma paddlersโ song -- 38. Baduma paddlersโ song; sanza (Cent-Frequency Chart 10) -- 39. Okandi womenโs dance -- 40. Banyoro xylophone (Cent-Frequency Chart 11) -- 41. Banyoro royal horns (Cent-Frequency Chart 12) -- 42. Batoro dance -- 43. Bamba flutes (Cent-Frequency Chart 13) -- 44. Baganda historic song; harp (Cent-Frequency Chart 14) -- 45. Baganda historic song -- 46. Baganda royal xylophones (Cent-Frequency Chart 15) -- 47. Wasukuma wedding song -- 48. Wanyamwezi chief installation -- 49. Wanyamwezi wedding tune on sanza (Cent-Frequency Chart 16) -- 50. Wachaga chief-praise song -- 51. Wameru spell-breaking party song -- 52. Wahehe elephant hunting song -- Melody Type Chart -- Cent-Frequency Charts -- 1. Bapere horns -- 2. Bapere xylophone -- 3. Mambuti flutes -- 4. Mboko mouth bow -- 5. Mboko zither -- 6. NโGundi sanza -- 7. Yaswa xylophones -- 8. Kukuya horns -- 9. Kuyu horn -- 10. Baduma sanza -- 11. Banyoro xylophone -- 12. Banyoro royal horns -- 13. Bamba flutes -- 14. Baganda harp -- 15. Baganda royal xylophones -- 16. Wanyamwezi sanza -- Numerical-Territorial Index of Transcriptions -- Tribal Index -- Index-Glossary