Papers presented at the Sixth Symposium on Ethnomusicology, Music Department, Rhodes University, 1st-3rd October, 1987.

By: Symposium on Ethnomusicology (6: 1987: Grahamstowm)
Contributor(s): Rhodes University. Music Department | International Library of African Music
Language: English Publisher: Grahamstown : International Library of African Music, 1988.Description: 56p. : diags., music ; 30cm.
Contents:
Contents: From Marabi to exile: a brief history of black jazz in South Africa / Christopher Ballantine; Percy Grainger's contribution to ethnomusicology and music education / John Blacking; Performing arts and politics in South Africa / Luvuyo Dontsa; Some observations on Xhosa dance in the 1980's / Jasmine Honore; Aspects of music amongst Indian and South Africans in Natal 1920-1948: towards a politico-cultural understanding / Melveen Jackson; The construction of the Venda xylophone / Jaco Kruger; The songs of Alfred A. Kumalo: a study in Nguni and western musical syncretism / Bongani Mthethwa; Practical discussion points concerning music education in South Africa / Margaret Rose-Joubert; Making African music relevant in school: some implications / Alvin Petersen; The ethnomusicologist and the educator / Christina Lucia; Role of the ethnomusicologist in altering the course of South African music education / Elizabeth Oehrle; I am a performer / Tossie Van Tonder; Workshop in a transcription of African music / Andrew Tracey; Shifting tonal levels in Africa, Europe and America / Peter van der Merwe.

Includes bibls.

Contents: From Marabi to exile: a brief history of black jazz in South Africa / Christopher Ballantine; Percy Grainger's contribution to ethnomusicology and music education / John Blacking; Performing arts and politics in South Africa / Luvuyo Dontsa; Some observations on Xhosa dance in the 1980's / Jasmine Honore; Aspects of music amongst Indian and South Africans in Natal 1920-1948: towards a politico-cultural understanding / Melveen Jackson; The construction of the Venda xylophone / Jaco Kruger; The songs of Alfred A. Kumalo: a study in Nguni and western musical syncretism / Bongani Mthethwa; Practical discussion points concerning music education in South Africa / Margaret Rose-Joubert; Making African music relevant in school: some implications / Alvin Petersen; The ethnomusicologist and the educator / Christina Lucia; Role of the ethnomusicologist in altering the course of South African music education / Elizabeth Oehrle; I am a performer / Tossie Van Tonder; Workshop in a transcription of African music / Andrew Tracey; Shifting tonal levels in Africa, Europe and America / Peter van der Merwe.