Soul of Mbira Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe

Name: Soul of Mbira Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
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ISBN: 9780226043791

ISBN-10: 0226043797

ISBN-13: 9780226043791

Edition: 74th 1993 (Reprint)

Authors: Paul F. Berliner

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This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music. "Paul Berliner's The Soul of Mbira is probably the best ethnography ever written about an African musical tradition. It is a complete classic . . . . I know of no other instrument with the range of the mbira, and the book is equal to the instrument."--John Chernoff "[The Soul of Mbira] illustrates the fact that Shona mbira music in its beauty, subtlety, and virtuosity demands the same kind of…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Edition: 74th
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 334
Size: 7.40" wide x 8.43" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.144



List of Figures and Tables


List of Musical Examples


Note on Orthography


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



African Mbira and the Music of the Shona



An Overview of Shona Mbira



The Nature of Mbira Music



In Performance: The Shona Mbira Ensemble and the Relationship Between the Mbira Player and the Mbira



Learning the Mbira



The Poetry of the Mbira



Music and Spirit Possession at a Shona Bira



The Law of Mbira: Mbira in the Lives of Performers and the Changing Status of Mbira Music


Notes



KudeketeraSong Texts



Absolute Tunings (c.p.s.) of FiveMbira DzaVadzimu



Building and Playing a Shona Karimba


Bibliography


Discography: Shona Mbira Music Films


Index


Plates