The musical human : rethinking John Blacking's ethnomusicology in the twenty-first century / edited by Suzel Ana Reily.

Other author Reily, Suzel Ana, 1955- editor, contributor.
Other author European Seminar in Ethnomusicology 2000 : Belfast, Ireland)
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 220 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSOAS musicology series
SOAS musicology series. ^A581180
Contents John Blacking in the twenty-first century: an introduction / Suzel Ana Reily -- Memories of fieldwork: understanding 'humanly organized sound' through the Venda / Keith Howard -- Tracks of the mouse: tonal re-interpretation in Venda guitar songs / Jaco Kruger -- Black background: life history and migrant women's music in South Africa / Deborah James -- Musicality in early childhood: a case from Japan / Fumiko Fujita -- John Blacking and the 'human/musical instrument interface': two plucked lutes from Afghanistan / John Baily -- Experiencing the ballet body: pleasure, pain, power / Helena Wulff -- Creating a musical space for experiencing the other self within / Rebecca Sager -- Bach in a Venda mirror: John Blacking and historical musicology / Britta Sweers.
Abstract The contributions in this volume are based on papers originally presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology held in Belfast in September 2000, and place John Blacking's contribution to ethnomusicology within the context of current debates.
General noteA selection of papers presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the European Seminar for [i.e. in] Ethnomusicology (ESEM), in 2000.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index.
LCCN 2005005330
ISBN075465138X (alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML3799 .M85 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold