Zimbabwean mbira music on an international stage : Chartwell Dutiro's life in music / edited by Chartwell Dutiro and Keith Howard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutiro, Chartwell.

Howard, Keith, 1956-

Series:

SOAS musicology series.

SOAS musicology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mbira music--Zimbabwe--History and criticism.

Mbira music.

Dutiro, Chartwell.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chartwell Dutiro, an mbira player since childhood and former member of Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, arrived in Britain in 1994 and has lived there ever since. He works primarily with Zimbabwean and British musicians, and, while allying himself and his music to his Shona ancestors, his music represents both tradition and its transformation. This volume is a collaborative venture between musicians and academics, which builds an account of the mbira, the most important of Zimbabwe's traditional instruments. It celebrates Dutiro's musicianship, exploring his musical development and the

Contents:

Chosen by the ancestors / Chartwell Dutiro ; interviewed by Keith Howard

Chartwell Dutiro : the history and politics of Zimbabwe / Theodore Konkouris

Spiritual continuity amongst musical change / Thomas M. Preston

Building bridges : the creative processes of Chartwell Dutiro / Tony Perman

Never-ending musical invention : the music of the mbira / Manual Jimenez

On mbira notation / Elmar Pohl

Taanerimwe : notations / Ian Grocott

Taanerimwe : Shona lyrics / Penina Patchett.

Notes:

Accompanying sound disc contains 10 selections performed by Dutiro and fellow musicians, recorded from a live performance at Gateway on Oct. 27, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-98) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-09946-5

9786611099466

0-7546-8688-4

OCLC:

648340068