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ISBN: PB + CD: 9780226456942

ISBN: HB + CD: 9780226456935

University of Chicago Press

November 2010

408 pp.

20.9x13.4 cm

32 line drawings, 35 figures, 60 halftones

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Theory of African Music, Volume II

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 second volume, he turns to the cognitive study of African rhythm, Yoruba chantefables, the musical Kachamba family of Malawi, and African conceptions of space and time.

Each volume features an extensive number of photographs and is accompanied by a compact disc of Kubik's own recordings. Erudite and exhaustive, "Theory of African Music" will be an invaluable reference for years to come.

About the Author

Gerhard Kubik is professor of ethnology and African studies at the Universities of Vienna and Klagenfurt, Austria, and the author of many books, including "Africa and the Blues".

Reviews

"Kubik's scholarship is deep and vast, and this collection of his writing has no parallel. He stands alone among Africanists for many reasons, which are amply demonstrated in these volumes" – Eric Charry, Wesleyan University