Traditional African And Oriental Music

Contents

• Traditional African and Oriental Music - Otto Karolyi Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: African Music
• Introduction
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Instruments
• General Considerations: religion; language, poetry and music; drama, dance and music; improvisation; music and musicians in the community
• Chapter Two: Islam and Music
• Introduction
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Instruments
• General Considerations: religion; Qur'an recitations; the call to prayer; the Prophet's birthday; hymns in praise of the Prophet; Sufi worship; postlude
• Chapter Three: The Indian Subcontinent
• Introduction
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Instruments
• General Considerations: religion: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam; qawwali; dance and music; ragamala paintings
• Chapter Four: China and Tibet
• Introduction
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Instruments
• General Considerations: religion: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism; Peking opera; Tibet; dance in China and Tibet; epic song Chapter Five: The Far East
• Introduction: Japan
• Background
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Instruments
• Instrumental and theatrical ensembles: Gagaku, Bunraku, Kabuki and Noh
• General considerations: religion: Shinto, Buddhism in Japan, Zen
• Indonesia: (i) Java; (ii) Bali
• Background
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Instruments
• Theatrical ensembles and music
• Bali
• Afterword
• Select Bibliography
• Discography
• Notes
• Index