The Soul of Mbira

Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe

By: Paul F. Berliner

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Paperback | 1 June 1993 | Edition Number 1

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334 Pages

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This sensitive, scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition is highly engaging and comprehensive in its range of data. Paul Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music.

"Paul Berliner's The Soul of Mbira is probably the best ethnography ever written about an African musical tradition. It is a complete classic . . . . I know of no other instrument with the range of the mbira, and the book is equal to the instrument."—John Chernoff

"[The Soul of Mbira] illustrates the fact that Shona mbira music in its beauty, subtlety, and virtuosity demands the same kind of respect that we might hold for any other classical music."—David Reck, Parabola

"The book is a model of ethnomusicological thinking and investigation and it suggests a specific way of approaching a complex socio-musical system."—John Baily, Popular Music

"When next someone asks 'What is ethnomusicology?' or 'What do ethnomusicologists do?' I shall suggest this book. . . . This is a landmark in ethnomusicological literature. Berliner succeeds in conveying both the joy that goes with mbira playing and the mystic relationship between the player and his instrument. In short, this is humanized ethnomusicology."—K.A. Gourlay, Ethnomusicology

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List of Figures and Tables
List of Musical Examples
Note on Orthography
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
African Mbira and the Music of the Shona
An Overview of Shona Mbira
The Nature of Mbira Music
In Performance: The Shona Mbira Ensemble and the Relationship Between the Mbira Player and the Mbira
Learning the Mbira
The Poetry of the Mbira
Music and Spirit Possession at a Shona Bira
The Law of Mbira: Mbira in the Lives of Performers and the Changing Status of Mbira Music
Notes
KudeketeraSong Texts
Absolute Tunings (c.p.s.) of FiveMbira DzaVadzimu
Building and Playing a Shona Karimba
Bibliography
Discography: Shona Mbira Music Films
Index
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Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe

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