Country Great Britain Publication date 1959 ISBN 0-19-713512-9 Genre Non-fiction | Language English Media type Print Originally published 1959 Page count 295 | |
Pages 295 (Volume I), 238 (Volume II) Similar The music of Africa, Representing African music, Penny Picklepants: And the T | ||
Studies in African Music is a 1959 book in two volumes by A.M. Jones. It is an in-depth analysis of the traditional music of the Ewe tribe.
Contents
Summary
The work is divided into two volumes, with the first volume being an analysis of the music presented in Volume II, and the second being full-score reproductions of the pieces in question.
Volume I Contents
- Introduction
- Play-Songs and Fishing Songs
- The Instruments of the Orchestra
- The Nyayito Dance
- Yeve Cult Music
- Club Dances - The Adzida Dance
- The Social Dance - Agbadza
- A Comparison of Drumming
- The Homogeneity of African Music
- Tone and Tune
- The Neo-Folk-Music
Volume II Contents
- Play-Songs and Fishing Songs
- The Nyayito Dance
- Yeve Cult Music: (a) The Husago Dance, (b) The Sovu Dance, (c) The Sogba Dance
- The Adzida Dance
- The Agbadza Dance
- The Icila Dance
Influence
Steve Reich has listed this work as an influence on his music, particularly his "fooling around with tape loops, which [he] began to envision as little mechanized Africans [laughs]." It is also cited extensively in Volume I of Gunther Schuller's (who introduced Reich to the work) History of Jazz.
References
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