02864nam 2200589 450 991046114880332120200520144314.01-86814-606-5(CKB)3710000000417259(EBL)2065905(SSID)ssj0001539640(PQKBManifestationID)11823625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001539640(PQKBWorkID)11532445(PQKB)10274204(MiAaPQ)EBC3545142(UkCbUP)CR9781868146062(MiAaPQ)EBC2065905(Au-PeEL)EBL3545142(CaPaEBR)ebr11058462(OCoLC)951036431(Au-PeEL)EBL2065905(OCoLC)911001143(EXLCZ)99371000000041725920150605d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMusical instruments of the indigenous people of South Africa /Percival R. KirbyThird edition.Johannesburg :Wits University Press,2013.1 online resource (434 p.)Includes index.1-86814-605-7 Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THIRD EDITION; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1 RATTLES AND CLAPPERS; 2 DRUMS; 3 XYLOPHONES AND 'SANSAS'; 4 BULL-ROARERS AND SPINNING-DISKS; 5 HORNS AND TRUMPETS; 6 WHISTLES, FLUTES, AND VIBRATING REEDS; 7 REED-FLUTE ENSEMBLES; 8 THE 'GORA', A STRINGED-WIND INSTRUMENT; 9 STRINGED INSTRUMENTS; 10 BUSHMAN AND HOTTENTOT VIOLINS AND THE 'RAMKIE'; 11 SOME EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS PLAYED BY NATIVES; APPENDIX; ADDENDA; INDEXOne of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists, Percival R. Kirby was concerned about the demise of traditional cultural practices of African people. Whilst at Wits, he was encouraged by his colleagues, people like Raymond Dart and Louis Maingard, to make a comprehensive study of the musical practices of the indigenous peoples of southern Africa. Between 1923 and 1933, supported by several study grants, he traveled thousands of miles undertaking more than nine special expeditions as well as many shorter excursions in his ancient Model T Ford to places like Pietersburg aMusical instrumentsSouth AfricaIndigenous peoplesSouth AfricaElectronic books.Musical instrumentsIndigenous peoples780.968Kirby Percival R.445594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461148803321Musical instruments of the indigenous people of South Africa2455095UNINA