Venda children's songs
Subtitle: a study in ethnomusicological analysis
By: John Blacking.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Venda (African people) -- Music.; Children's songs -- South Africa.; Ethnomusicology -- South Africa.
Description: "Venda Children's Songs presents a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda. Among its many original contributions is the identifying of the role of melody in generating rhythm, something that distinguishes this form of music from that of the Venda adults as well as from other generations of African music in general."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.
Originally published: Johannesburg : Witwatersrand University Press, 1967.