The Creative Potential Of African Art Music In Ghana
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The Creative Potential Of African Art Music In Ghana
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Author : J. H. Kwabena Nketia
language : en
Publisher: Afram Publication
Release Date : 2004
The Creative Potential Of African Art Music In Ghana written by J. H. Kwabena Nketia and has been published by Afram Publication this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Music categories.
This booklet is intended as a companion volume to various recordings and aims to create awareness of the creative potential of African art music in Ghana. It is the story of an individual composer and his works, his reflections and comments on his experience as an African composer and on African art music as a contemporary genre and musical idiom. The book is divided into sections on: the creative sources of African art music: the transformation of traditional songs, popular music sources and original works; formative influences on the composer: early sources of influence, the legacy of Amu and the African School of Composition; and performers and audiences: the performer-composer relationship, performances of African art music abroad, local performers and music educators. The author is perhaps Africa's most distinguished and renowned composer, musicologist and scholar. His awards include the Ghana Book Award, the IMC-Unesco Music Prize for Distinguished Service to Music, and the Prince Claus Award for Distinguished Service to Culture and Development. He is a Foundation Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences, Honorary Member of the International Music Council and Member of the International Jury for the Proclamation by Unesco of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
The African Imagination In Music
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Author : Kofi Agawu
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
The African Imagination In Music written by Kofi Agawu and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Music categories.
In The African Imagination in Music, noted music scholar Kofi Agawy offers a fresh introduction to the vast, immensely rich and diverse set of repertoires that comprise the sound worlds of Sub-Saharan African music. Agawu introduces readers to the basic elements of African music and to the values upon which they are built. He then explores the key dimensions and resources of African music, including the place of music in society, musical instruments, the relationship between language and music, rhythm, melody, form, harmony and finally, appropriations of African music by musicians around the world. Written in an accessible styles, The African Imagination in Music is poised to renew interest in Black African music, and to engender discussion of its creative underpinnings by Africanists, ethnomusicologists, music theorists and musicologists. -- from back cover.
Handbook Of Cultural Studies And Education
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Author : Peter Pericles Trifonas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-11-15
Handbook Of Cultural Studies And Education written by Peter Pericles Trifonas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-15 with Education categories.
The Handbook of Cultural Studies in Education brings together interdisciplinary voices to ask critical questions about the meanings of diverse forms of cultural studies and the ways in which it can enrich both education scholarship and practice. Examining multiple forms, mechanisms, and actors of resistance in cultural studies, it seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by examining the theme of resistance in multiple fields and contested spaces from a holistic multi-dimensional perspective converging insights from leading scholars, practitioners, and community activists. Particular focus is paid to the practical role and impact of these converging fields in challenging, rupturing, subverting, and changing the dominant socio-economic, political, and cultural forces that work to maintain injustice and inequity in various educational contexts. With contributions from international scholars, this handbook serves as a key transdisciplinary resource for scholars and students interested in how and in what forms Cultural Studies can be applied to education.
On African Music
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Author : Kofi Agawu
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-19
On African Music written by Kofi Agawu and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-19 with Music categories.
Written by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, On African Music is a collection of seven essays addressing various techniques, influences, and scholarly approaches to African music. After a concise introduction spelling out the rationale for the book, successive chapters develop answers to questions such as: How does a "minimalist impulse" animate creativity in Africa, and does "Western minimalism" differ from "African minimalism"? How do we explain the prevalence of iconic effects in African expressive forms? How has (European) tonality functioned as a "colonizing force" in African music? Why is the (written) art music of the continent talked about so little when it has been in existence since the middle of the nineteenth century? How might the discipline of music theory be rejuvenated by "aid" from Africa? What are the strengths and limitations of ethnotheory as a methodology? Who is who in theorizations of African rhythm, and how might we explain the shape of the existing archive? This book thus deals with analytical and interpretive issues, the politics of scholarship, and salient features of African music. Laced with provocative viewpoints on each page, On African Music should appeal not only to readers curious about the structural underpinnings of African music but also to those who wish to reflect critically and philosophically on how we study and write about the music of the continent, how we might approach its global status with a firm understanding from the inside, and what our priorities might be in promoting an empowering cosmopolitan discourse.
West African Drumming And Dance In North American Universities
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Author : George Worlasi Kwasi Dor
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2014-02
West African Drumming And Dance In North American Universities written by George Worlasi Kwasi Dor and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Music categories.
The first ethnomusicological study of the people who created a transnational connection in and through a world music culture
Writing Through The Visual And Virtual
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Author : Renée Larrier
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-11-12
Writing Through The Visual And Virtual written by Renée Larrier and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Writing Through the Visual and Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean interrogates conventional notions of writing. The contributors—whose disciplines include anthropology, art history, education, film, history, linguistics, literature, performance studies, philosophy, sociology, translation, and visual arts—examine the complex interplay between language/literature/arts and the visual and virtual domains of expressive culture. The twenty-five essays explore various patterns of writing practices arising from contemporary and historical forces that have impacted the literatures and cultures of Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Morocco, Niger, Reunion Island, and Senegal. Special attention is paid to how scripts, though appearing to be merely decorative in function, are often used by artists and performers in the production of material and non-material culture to tell “stories” of great significance, co-mingling words and images in a way that leads to a creative synthesis that links the local and the global, the “classical” and the “popular” in new ways
Representing African Music
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Author : Kofi Agawu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-23
Representing African Music written by Kofi Agawu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Music categories.
The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term "African music" suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, but African music signifies differently to different people. This book also poses the question then, "What is African music?" Agawu offers a new and provocative look at the history of African music scholarship that will resonate with students of ethnomusicology and post-colonial studies. He offers an alternative "Afro-centric" means of understanding African music, and in doing so, illuminates a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. This book will undoubtedly inspire heated debate--and new thinking--among musicologists, cultural theorists, and post-colonial thinkers. Also includes 15 musical examples.
Emerging Solutions For Musical Arts Education In Africa
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Author : Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education
language : en
Publisher: African Minds
Release Date : 2005
Emerging Solutions For Musical Arts Education In Africa written by Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education and has been published by African Minds this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Music categories.
Emerging Solutions for Musical arts Education in South Africa offers peer-reviewed articles prepared for the 2003 Conference of the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education in Africa held in Kisumu, Maseno, Kenya. Not only does this publication voice the solutions offered by 31 authors from the African continent and beyond, but it presents in a unique and highly accessible fashion the collective voice of the conference participants. True to the spirit of ubuntu - an individual is only a person through other people (their communities) - this publication is a reflection of the essence of an overarching sub-Saharan philosophy; the contents represents a conference where papers were not presented, but where conference participants engaged to discuss solutions for the musical arts on the African continent. While the individual voice has been given its rightful place, the collective voice represents an emergent song composed by the scholarly community in oral fashion. This publication provides insight into the problems of musical arts education in Africa; and solutions for musical arts education.
Nigerian Art Music
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Author : Bode Omojola
language : en
Publisher: Institut français de recherche en Afrique
Release Date : 1995
Nigerian Art Music written by Bode Omojola and has been published by Institut français de recherche en Afrique this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Music categories.
ART MUSIC IN NIGERIA is the most comprehensive book on the works of modem Nigerian composers who have been influenced by European classical music. Relying on over 500 scores, archival materials and interviews with many Nigerian composers, the author traces the historical developments of this new idiom in Nigeria and provides a critical and detailed analysis of certain works. Written in a refreshing and lucid style and amply illustrated with music examples, the book represents a milestone in musicological research in Nigeria. Although written essentially for students and scholars of African music, this interesting book will also be enjoyed by the général reader.
Musical Arts In Africa
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Author : Anri Herbst
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Musical Arts In Africa written by Anri Herbst and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Music categories.
Video and 2 CD's derive from a benefit concert of the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town, 16 April 2002, Baxter Concert Hall.