The musical human : rethinking John Blacking's ethnomusicology in the twenty-first century / edited by Suzel Ana Reily.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reily, Suzel Ana, 1955-

Series:

SOAS musicology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnomusicology.

Blacking, John.

Physical Description:

xi, 220 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2006]

Contents:

John Blacking in the twenty-first century : an introduction / Suzel Ana Reily

Memories of fieldwork : understanding 'humanly organized sound' through the Venda / Keith Howard

Tracks of the mouse : tonal re-interpretation in Venda guitar songs / Jaco Kruger

Black background : life history and migrant women's music in South Africa / Deborah James

Musicality in early childhood : a case from Japan / Fumiko Fujita

John Blacking and the 'human/musical instrument interface' : two plucked lutes from Afghanistan / John Baily

Experiencing the ballet body : pleasure, pain, power / Helena Wulff

Creating a musical space for experiencing the other self within / Rebecca Sager

Bach in a Venda mirror : John Blacking and historical musicology / Britta Sweers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-211) and index.

ISBN:

075465138X

OCLC:

57893269