Music in East Africa

Download or read book Music in East Africa written by Gregory F. Barz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music in East Africa is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present.