Music and culture of West Africa : the Straus Expedition / created by Gloria J. Gibson and Daniel B. Reed in collaboration with the Teaching and Learning Technologies Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Gibson, Gloria J.

Reed, Daniel B. (Daniel Boyce), 1963-

Indiana University. Teaching and Learning Technologies Laboratory.

Indiana University. Press

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Africa, French-speaking West.

Folk music--Africa, French-speaking West.

Folk music.

Music.

Physical Description:

2 CD-ROMs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (8 pages : illustrations ; 12 cm)

Other Title:

Straus Expedition

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2002]

System Details:

System requirements: Macintosh or IBM PC or compatible; color monitor; QuickTime 3.0 or higher; Adobe Acrobat reader; sound card; CD-ROM drive.

data file

Summary:

A multimedia investigation of the Straus Expedition, a 1934 field research study in West Africa. Laura Boulton, a participant in the expedition, recorded and documented the music of 21 ethnic groups in what was then French and British colonial West Africa. This CD-ROM is based on the materials she collected. The CD-ROM technology allows students to hear sound recordings, see photographs, and view film footage shot during the 1934 Straus Expedition. These materials provide a first-hand glimpse of a period in West African musical history and of a field experience from an earlier era of musical research. Contemporary media and research sheds light on the materials that Boulton collected, and helps demonstrate the continuity of these forms of music. Discussions of fieldwork, instrument classifications, and the role of ethnomusicologists in representing the people they study will help users to understand the work of ethnomusicologists today."--Indiana University Press Web page.

Contents:

Disc 1. Guides: Map

Search

Help

Media

Index

Bibliography

Glossary

Towns: Bamako

Sangha - Timbuktu

Buea

Benin

Fatick

Bankumana

Aerophones: Aerophone introduction

Buru

file

Kele

Awi Asâhar

Zwewha

Jembo

Chordophones: Chordophone introduction

Tahardent

Akpata

Mo-ndi-ndi

Ndinga

Riti

Bòlòn

Kora

Idiophones: Idiophone introduction

Karinya - Bala

Mango

Kòrò

Membranophones: Membranophone introduction

Sabar N'der

Talmbat

Serer Tama

Maninka Tama

Jembe

Gomboj

Ikomi

Tende

Explorations: Laura Boulton

Straus Expedition: Recording technology

Correspondence

Musical principles: Call and response

Hocket

Polyrhythm

Signaling

Timbre

Ethnomusicology: Fieldwork

Representation

Instrument classification

Aerophone introduction

Chordophone introduction

Idiophone introduction

Membranophone introduction

Electrophone introduction

Exit: Introduction

Credits

Quit

disc 2. Media index.

Notes:

For Macintosh or Windows.

Title from introductory screen.

Features narrated and unnarrated presentations and live video clips.

The media index on disc 2 provides access to individual sound recordings, photographs, and film footage used in the main program. These media may be annotated and used to build slide shows for individual presentations.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0253338328

OCLC:

50618414