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The music and musical instruments of the Korana

Bantu studies6 (2)Published In 1932 • Pages: 183-204 , 7 plates

By: Kirby, Percival R. (Percival Robson).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
P. R. Kirby, Professor of Musc, University of the Witwatersrand, accompanied L. F. Maingard in the 1931-1932 expedition to the Bloemhof area. While there he was able to locate a number of old Korana who still retained knowledge of their music and musical instruments. He had some of the instruments reconstructed and the music transcribed. The results of his investigation are presented in this article under the following headings: musical instruments, vocal music, and musical terms. Information on the reed-flute dance is also included in the discussion.
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Khoi
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Artist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Robert Lee ; 1958
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1931-1932
NotesAdditional notes
By Percival R. Kirby
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sf 88091342
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Khoisan (African people)