Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard Kubik draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study in many parts of the continent to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures.
In the first volume, Kubik 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. And in the...
Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject...
Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik s "Theory of African Music" provides an authoritative account of its subject. Over the course of two volumes, Kubik, one of the most prominent experts in the field, draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study throughout Africa to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures. In this second volume, Kubik explores a variety of topics, including Yoruba chantefables, the musical Kachamba family of Malaw i, and the cognitive study of African rhythm. Drawing on his remarkable ability to make cross-cultural...
Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik s "Theory of African Music" provides an authoritative account of its subject. Over the course of two volumes, Ku...
Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik s "Theory of African Music" provides an authoritative account of its subject. Over the course of two volumes, Kubik, one of the most prominent experts in the field, draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study throughout Africa to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures. In this second volume, Kubik explores a variety of topics, including Yoruba chantefables, the musical Kachamba family of Malaw i, and the cognitive study of African rhythm. Drawing on his remarkable ability to make cross-cultural...
Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik s "Theory of African Music" provides an authoritative account of its subject. Over the course of two volumes, Ku...
