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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.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Theory of music & musicology

• Full title: Ethnomusicology and African Music
• Subtitle: Modes of Inquiry and Interpretation
• Author: J. H. Kwabena Nketia
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420
• EAN: 9789964704001
• ISBN: 9789964704001
• ID: 09019238
• Publisher: Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd
• Weight: 484 g
• Dimensions: 164 × 202 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. September 2000

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