An essay on the nature of the aesthetic in the African musical arts / Nissio Fiagbedzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiagbedzi, Nissio, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Music--Africa--History and criticism.

Africa.

Physical Description:

ix, 62 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[Accra] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

Summary:

In the tradition of African musicologists who have pioneered serious scholarly study of African music, notably J.H. Kwabena Nketia, this extended essay considers the subject of aesthetic value in African music, in particular, in the Ewe and Akan (Ghanaian) traditions. It examines African - as compared with Western - ideas about musical experience and its appeal; and music in relation to values, morality and human emotion. Nissio Fiagbedzi is Senior Lecturer in music at the University of Ghana. He has published extensively in the areas of religious music tradition, African musical cultures, and on the theory and philosophy of ethno-musicological research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-55).

ISBN:

9988029071

9789988029074

OCLC:

64671536