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Africa and Indonesia : the evidence of the xylophone and other musical and cultural factors

Title
Africa and Indonesia : the evidence of the xylophone and other musical and cultural factors / by A.M. Jones.
Author
Jones, A. M.
Publication
Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1964.

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Description
vii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps, tables, 27 plates; 25 cm
Subject
  • Musical instruments > Africa
  • Musical instruments > Indonesia
  • Xylophone > Africa
  • Xylophone > Indonesia
  • Ethnomusicology
  • ethnomusicology
  • Musical instruments
  • Xylophone
  • Xylofoons
  • Musical instruments > History
  • Xylophone
  • Instruments de musique > Indonésie
  • Instruments de musique > Afrique
  • Ethnomusicologie
  • Africa
  • Indonesia
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [239]-245.
Contents
Introduction -- Matter and method -- The tuning of African xylophones -- Features of the heptatonic tunings -- The slendro-type xylophones -- Organology and orchestras -- Xylophone terminology -- Other musical instruments and practices -- Shipping and canoes -- Non-musical evidence -- Some implications.
LCCN
65002660
OCLC
  • ocm00604483
  • 604483
  • SCSB-311681
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library