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1 online resource (ix, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- Africa, West -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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West Africa. |
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Fiddling -- Africa, West.
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Fiddling. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell. Fiddling in West Africa. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008 9780253349248 0253349249 (DLC) 2007020501 (OCoLC)132584233 |
| ISBN |
9780253000095 (electronic book) |
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0253000092 (electronic book) |
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9780253349248 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0253349249 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253219299 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253219299 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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