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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 1993-06-01
- ISBN
- 9780226043791
- EAN
- 9780226043791
- Book Title
- Soul of Mbira : Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Music
- Topic
- Musical Instruments / Percussion, Ethnic, Musical Instruments / General
- Item Width
- 7.4in
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 334 Pages
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This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music. "Paul Berliner's The Soul of Mbira is probably the best ethnography ever written about an African musical tradition. It is a complete classic . . . . I know of no other instrument with the range of the mbira, and the book is equal to the instrument."--John Chernoff " The Soul of Mbira ] illustrates the fact that Shona mbira music in its beauty, subtlety, and virtuosity demands the same kind of respect that we might hold for any other classical music."--David Reck, Parabola "The book is a model of ethnomusicological thinking and investigation and it suggests a specific way of approaching a complex socio-musical system."--John Baily, Popular Music "When next someone asks 'What is ethnomusicology?' or 'What do ethnomusicologists do?' I shall suggest this book. . . . This is a landmark in ethnomusicological literature. Berliner succeeds in conveying both the joy that goes with mbira playing and the mystic relationship between the player and his instrument. In short, this is humanized ethnomusicology."--K.A. Gourlay, Ethnomusicology
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226043797
ISBN-13
9780226043791
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92534
Product Key Features
Book Title
Soul of Mbira : Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Musical Instruments / Percussion, Ethnic, Musical Instruments / General
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
334 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml350
Edition Description
Reprint
Edition Number
74
Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables List of Musical Examples Note on Orthography Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. African Mbira and the Music of the Shona 3. An Overview of Shona Mbira 4. The Nature of Mbira Music 5. In Performance: The Shona Mbira Ensemble and the Relationship Between the Mbira Player and the Mbira 6. Learning the Mbira 7. The Poetry of the Mbira 8. Music and Spirit Possession at a Shona Bira 9. The Law of Mbira: Mbira in the Lives of Performers and the Changing Status of Mbira Music Notes Appendix I: Kudeketera Song Texts Appendix II: Absolute Tunings (c.p.s.) of Five Mbira DzaVadzimu Appendix III: Building and Playing a Shona Karimba Bibliography Discography: Shona Mbira Music Films Index Plates
Copyright Date
1993
Lccn
92-041356
Dewey Decimal
786.8/5
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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