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A royal account of music in Zulu life with translation, annotation, and musical transcription
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies • 38 (2) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 351-402
By: Rycroft, D. K. (David K.), Magogo kaDinuzulu, Princess Constance.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents the transcription and translation of a statement made by Princess Constance Magogo kaDinizulu, of the Zulu royal family, on Zulu music. Songs included are children's songs, songs of girl's puberty ceremonies, courting songs, marriage songs, hunting songs, and songs for a king's funeral. There are two appendices containing musical transcriptions and a discussion of tonality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Dance
- Literary texts
- Executive household
- Premarital sex relations
- Sex training
- Puberty and initiation
- Adolescent activities
- Childhood activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Musician
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- David K. Rycroft and Princess Constance Magogo kaDinuzulu
- The appendices have been indexed only for MUSIC (533) and also TEXTS (539) where appropriate. The text is heavily annotated. The notes have been indexed for the same subjects as the text and the notes will be found on pages 395-401.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)