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The interviews in this book tell the musician's fascinating stories of growing up in rural and urban Namibia. They capture the extreme difficulties, and the rewards of carving out musical careers in a beautiful, desert-like country of immense diversity. The musicians lived with the reality of apartheid and the intense struggle for Namibian independence. They pursued their passion for music through listening, performing, teaching and studying music. The interviews included Jackson Kaujeua, "Namibian music legend," and Minette Mans, internationally known music educator and researcher. The stories ranged from music's role in the independence struggle, to village ritual music and dance, to international travel to perform and teach, to singing in church choirs. Preserving traditional Namibian music was a theme throughout the interviews.
Myrna Capp's down-to-earth interviews with 13 musicians form Zimbabwe form the basis of this thought-provoking and informative collection. These are the personal stories of Zimbabwean traditional and pop singers, mbirists, guitarists, pianists, percussionists, dancers, praise poets, jazz musicians, and even an ethnomusicologist. Female and male perspectives are equally represented, with an emphasis on keeping the true traditional music alive and reflecting the importance of improvisation. Includes a free CD sampler.
Global Popular Music: A Research and Information Guide offers an essential annotated bibliography of scholarship on popular music around the world in a two-volume set. Featuring a broad range of subjects, people, cultures, and geographic areas, and spanning musical genres such as traditional, folk, jazz, rock, reggae, samba, rai, punk, hip-hop, and many more, this guide highlights different approaches and discussions within global popular music research. This research guide is comprehensive in scope, providing a vital resource for scholars and students approaching the vast amount of publications on popular music studies and popular music traditions around the world. Thorough cross-referencin...
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for solo piano All five volumes of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora are presented together in a clothbound edition for easier accessibility. This comprehensive volume is ideal for university and college libraries and includes three new advanced pieces by composers living in Egypt, the US, and Guadeloupe.
for solo piano The third volume for early advanced pianists explores even more genres than the first two volumes, such as elements of Tango and Haitian Merengue music. 'Cell Phone Blues' is derived from pop music and Jazz. This volume also includes spirituals and African folksongs. Performance notes and composer biographies are provided as well.