Vol. 3 No. 4 (1965): African Music: Journal of the African Music Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4

Published: 1965-06-21

Front Matter

• African Music, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1965)

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Editorial

• Editorial

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Articles

• A plan for African music

  Hugh Tracey

  6-13

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1059

• Music in Uganda

  John Blacking

  14-17

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1060

• Some music for the Kalumbu

  Marjorie Davidson

  18-25

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1061

• Bemba music. Extract from a lecture by Cajetan Lunsonga (Given at the Mindolo, All-African Music Conference 1965)

  Cajetan Lunsonga

  26-28

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1062

• Musical appreciation among the Shona in the early thirties

  Hugh Tracey

  29-34

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1063

• Transcription of Mangwilo xylophone music from film strips

  Gerhard Kubik

  35-51

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1064

• The polyrhythmic foundation of Tswana pipe melody

  Christopher Ballantine

  52-67

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1065

• I.L.A.M. recording tour (South West Africa and north-western Cape)

  Hugh Tracey

  68-70

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1066

• Towards a text book of Kiganda music

  Gerhard Kubik

  71-72

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1067

• Generic names for the mbira

  Gerhard Kubik

  72

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1068

• Zande harp music

  Filiberto Giorgetti

  74-76

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1069

• University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Department of Music. Bulletin 1961-1965

  Edna M. Edet

  77-79

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1070

Notes and News

• Kwanongoma College of the Rhodesian Academy of Music

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• Special issue of 'Composer' (Journal of the Composer's Guild of Great Britain)

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1072

• Front cover illustration - "They passed on"

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• Music research in Angola

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1074

• 10 Years of "Ankole sacred music" in the Diocese of Mbabara

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1075

• Religious musical play

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1076

Book Reviews

• THE STUDY OF FOLKLORE, edited by Alan Dundcs: Prentice-Hall, Ind., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 482 pp. with 35 illustrations and drawings, six musical illust. and 15 comprehensive maps. No price given.

  Brother Basil Basil

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1077

• LE KALINGA, Tambour Enseigne du royaume et de la dynastie des rois Banyiginya du Rwanda, by Marcel Pauwels, W. F.; pp. 221-256, 17 illustrations and one map. 2. LA MUSIQUE ET LES INSTRUMENTS de la Musique des Noirs de la region de Baudoinville (Congo), by Joseph Weghsteen, W. F.; pp. 85-112, 25 illust. and 15 songs. Both reprints from The Annals of the Pontifical Missionary Museum of Ethnology, Vatican City, Vol. XXVI, 1962, and Vol. XXVIII, 1964, respectively. No price given.

  Brother Basil Basil

  84-85

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1078

• WATOTO WA MUNGU, Benedictine Fathers, Peramiho, Ndanda Mission Press, via Lindi, Tanganyika. 218 pp., paper back. No price given.

  Brother Basil Basil

  85

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• MESSA ZANDE in Style Modale Africano: Filberto Giorgetti, F.S.C. Voice partition and organ accompaniment, with chimes and trumpets ad libitum. Editrice Nigrizia, Via Meloncello, 3/3, Bologna. No price given.

  Brother Basil Basil

  85

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1080

• A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MUSIC IN AFRICA, by L. P. J. GASKIN, compiled at the International African Institute, under the direction of Professor K. P. Wachsmann, Institute of Ethnomusicology, African Studies Centre, University of California, Los Angeles. London International African Institute (1965). 83 pp. (45/. net).

  Ann Briegler

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• “MUSIC IN RWANDA", a contribution to the Ethnomusicology of Central Africa by Dr. ROBERT GUNTHER. Tervuren, Belgium, 1964.

  Percival R. Kirby

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• PROFESSOR P. R. KIRBY. An excellent bibliography of the works of Professor Percival R. Kirby, a pioneer in the field of African music studies in South Africa, has recently been published by the Johannesburg Public Library, compiled by Valerie Bryer, B. Mus, as part of her fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma in Librarianship.

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Records Reviews

• MISSA SHONA I. — 12" LP. — by STEPHEN M. PONDE. Link Records in association with Mambo Press Rhodesia

  Hugh Tracey (Editor)

  87-88

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1084

Letters to the Editor

• Letters to the Editor

  88-89

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1085

List of Books and Pamphlets Received

• Publications received by the Library during the year

  90-91

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1086

Back matter

• Back Matter

  Hugh Tracey (Editor)

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v3i4.1087