Ethnomusicology And African Music (Collected Papers) Modes of Inquiry and Interpretation

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.Nketia, J.H. Kwabena is the author of 'Ethnomusicology And African Music (Collected Papers) Modes of Inquiry and Interpretation', published 2005 under ISBN 9789964704001 and ISBN 9964704003.