The genesis of urban music in Zaire
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v7i2.1945Abstract
In Zaire, the installation of radio stations and recording industries gave rise to an urban musical expression which fed on traditional music for its content, and relied heavily on foreign musical instruments as a medium of interpretation. The organization of the newly created musical expression was governed by norms of aesthetics peculiar to the new urban centers.References
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1973 "Trends of nineteenth and twentieth century music in the Congo-Zaïre", in Musikkulturen Asiens, Afrikas, und Ozeaniens im 19. Jahrhundert, Vol. 31. Robert Günther, ed.Regensberg: Gustav Bosse Verlag, pp. 267-283.
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1980"Congolese Music", in The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians, 6th Edition, Stanley Sadie, ed. London: MacMillan, pp. 621-28.
In press "l'évolution de la musique urbaine au Zaïre durant la prèmiere décénie de la Deuxième République", Aquarium.
Lonoh, Michel. 1969 Essai de commentaire sur la musique congolaise moderne. Kinshasa: Armée Nationale Congolaise.
Manuel, Peter. 1988 Popular musics of the non-Western world: an 1988 : an introductory survey, New York: Oxford University Press.
Ntambue Katshay Tshilunga. 1983 "Le 'Likelemba' et le 'Muziki' a Kinshasa: nature et problèmes socio-juridiques en droit privé zaïrois", Zaïre Afrique, Sept:431-440.
Pauwels-Boon, Greta. 1979 L'origine, l'évolution et le fonctionnement de la radiodiffusion au Zaïre de 1937 à 1960, Trvuren: Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
Smith, E. M. 1962 "Popular music in West Africa", African Music 5/1.
Stapleton, Chris & Chris May. 1990 African Rock: the pop music of a continent, New York: Obelisk/Dutton.
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1992-09-07
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Wa Mukuna, Kazadi. 1992. “The Genesis of Urban Music in Zaire”. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 7 (2):72-84. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v7i2.1945.
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