Chopi Musicians: Their Music, Poetry and Instruments (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century) - Softcover

Tracey, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138598917 ISBN 13: 9781138598911

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published in 1948 and updated with a new introduction in 1970 this book is a classic study on the musical life of a Bantu people in Mozambique. It discusses the poetry on which the music and dances are based and provides, both in original and translation, 50 Chopi songs which are related to the social setting of Chopi life. It analyses some of the musical compositions and their structure with illustrations and transcriptions in score and describes the method of manufacture of the instruments. One chapter is devoted to full descriptions of the elaborate orchestral dances. The book is illustrated by numerous photographs and maps, and contains a glossary of musical terms, and extracts from early Portuguese accounts of the Chopi people and their music.

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About the Author

Hugh Tracey (1903 – 1977) was a twentieth-century ethnomusicologist. He and his wife collected and archived music from Southern and Central Africa. He began making field recordings of music in the early 1920s, through the 1970s

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138598917
• ISBN 13: 9781138598911
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 230