Vol. 1 No. 2 (1955): African Music: Journal of the African Music Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v1i2

Published: 1955-11-30

Front Matter

• African Music, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1955)

  [i-v], 4

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Editorial

• Editorial

  5

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Articles

• Recording African music in the field

  Hugh Tracey

  8-11

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• Some notes on a theory of African rhythm advanced by Erich von Hornbostel

  John Blacking

  12-20

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• The Lukumbi: a six-toned slit drum of the Batetela

  Dorothy R. Gilbert

  21-23

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• Eight flute tunes from Butembo, east Belgian Congo: an analysis in two parts, musical and physical: Part 1

  John Blacking

  24-52

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• Choice of music for festivals in Africa

  Graham H. Hyslop

  53-55

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• The Shantu music of the Harims of Nigeria

  Mercedes MacKay

  56-57

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• Brief report of a music course conducted at Siriba for the Nyanza Musical Society

  Graham H. Hyslop

  58-59

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Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the Editor from Mercedes Mackay and Roger Frances

  60

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Notes and News

• Notes and News

  61-66

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Records Reviews

• ETHNO-MUSICOLOGY, by Dr. Jaap Kunst. Published by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.

  67

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• PROBLEMES D’AFRIQUE CENTRALE, No. 26, 4e Trim., 1954 — Numéro consacrè à la Musique Nègre.

  67

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List of Books and Pamphlets Received

• List of Books and Pamphlets Received

  69-70

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Back matter

• Contributors to this number

  71-[73]

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