Studies in African Music

Book by A.M. Jones

Studies in African Music

Author| A.M. Jones
Language| English
Subject| Ethnomusicology
Genre| Non-fiction
Publisher| Oxford University Press

Publication date

| 1959
Publication place| Great Britain
Media type| Print
Pages| 295 (Volume I), 238 (Volume II)
ISBN| 0-19-713512-9
OCLC| 6977345

Studies in African Music is a 1959 book in two volumes by A.M. Jones. It is an in-depth analysis of the traditional music of the Ewe tribe.

## Summary

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The work is divided into two volumes,[1][2] with the first volume being an analysis of the music presented in Volume II, and the second being full-score reproductions of the pieces in question.

### Volume I Contents

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1. Introduction
2. Play-Songs and Fishing Songs
3. The Instruments of the Orchestra
4. The Nyayito Dance
5. Yeve Cult Music
6. Club Dances - The Adzida Dance
7. The Social Dance - Agbadza
8. A Comparison of Drumming
9. The Homogeneity of African Music
10. Tone and Tune
11. The Neo-Folk-Music

### Volume II Contents

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1. Play-Songs and Fishing Songs
2. The Nyayito Dance
3. Yeve Cult Music: (a) The Husago Dance, (b) The Sovu Dance, (c) The Sogba Dance
4. The Adzida Dance
5. The Agbadza Dance
6. The Icila Dance

## Influence

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Steve Reich has listed this work as an influence on his music, particularly his "fooling around with tape loops, which [he] began to envision as little mechanized Africans [laughs]."[3] It is also cited extensively in Volume I of Gunther Schuller's (who introduced Reich to the work) History of Jazz.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Jones, A.M. Studies in African Music: Volume I. London: Oxford University Press. 1959
2. ^ Jones, A.M. Studies in African Music: Volume II. London: Oxford University Press. 1959
3. ^ Strickland, Edward. American Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music (p. 40). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1991.
4. ^ Schuller, Gunther. Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development. Oxford University Press. 1968

## External links

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* Studies in African Music: Volume I at The Internet Archive
* Studies in African Music: Volume II at The Internet Archive

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