Composing the music of Africa
Subtitle: composition, interpretation, and realisation
By: edited by Malcolm Floyd.
Contributors: Floyd, Malcolm.
Series: Ashgate studies in ethnomusicology
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Aldershot [Hants]; Brookfield [Vt.] USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Music -- Africa -- History and criticism; Folk music -- Africa -- History and criticism; Composition (Music)
Description: "The great diversity of music created by African communities is reflected in this book, which discusses the ways in which a wide range of musical forms are composed and performed from Egypt to South Africa and from Ghana to Kenya. As two composers explain here, this diversity provides much inspiration for western contemporary composition."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.