The art of mbira : musical inheritance and legacy featuring the repertory and practices of Cosmas Magaya and associates / Paul F. Berliner.

Growing out of the collaborative research of an American ethnomusicologist and Zimbabwean musician, Paul F. Berliner's The Art of Mbira documents the repertory for a keyboard instrument known generally as mbira. At the heart of this work lies the analysis of the improvisatory processes that propel m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berliner, Paul (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Series:	Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
Subjects:	Magaya, Cosmas. Mbira music > Zimbabwe > History and criticism. Shona (African people) > Music > History and criticism. Mbira > Zimbabwe. Mbira. Mbira music. Shona (African people) > Music. Zimbabwe. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	x, 609 pages : music scores ; 26 cm.
Format:	Book

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