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1 online resource (ix, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Introduction : A master fiddler and a significant but little-known tradition -- Fiddling in West Africa : understanding the culture area -- An affirmation of identity : Fulbe fiddling in Senegambia -- Calling the Bori spirits : Hausa fiddling in Nigeria -- In service to the king : Dagbamba fiddling in Ghana |
| Summary |
Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje corrects this oversight with an expansive study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. DjeDje not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Additionally, DjeDje delves into the music, the performance context, the mu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Music -- Africa, West -- History and criticism
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Fiddling -- Africa, West
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
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Fiddling
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Music
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Kultur
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Fidel
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West Africa
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Westafrika
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253000095 |
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0253000092 |
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1282065807 |
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9781282065802 |
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9786612065804 |
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661206580X |
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