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	A History of African Music
		To put African music in an historical and social context, I compiled the following notes on African history, on the social context of African music, on the instruments and styles of African music, and on the popularisation of African music.
		African music is nearly always coupled with some other art such as poetry or dance and is one of the most revealing forms of expression of the fl soul.
		The fact that music is at the heart of all of the griot's activities is yet further proof of the vital part he or she plays in African life.
	www3.telus.net /africanmusic/histmain.htm (2462 words)

	Music of Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is a close connection between the polyrhythmic structure of African music and the polycentric structure of many African dances, in which different parts of the body are moved according to different rythmical components.
		African folk music and traditional music is mostly functional in nature.
		Music is highly functional in African ethnic life, accompanying birth, marriage, hunting, and even political activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_African_music (816 words)

	A Brief History of African Popular Music
		Originally the name given by fls to the music of the white social elite, it evolved from the fusion of rural "palm-wine" music for guitar, percussion and concertina, church music, Latin ballroom music, military music and African tribal music.
		In the 1920s juju music was born (like the blues) as a music of the rural poor, but in 1958 Isaiah Kehinde Dairo began to transform it into an urban phenomenon, and in 1960 he introduced accordion into the ensemble.
		It was originally a humble form of music, but it became similar to the jazz music played by swing bands in the USA when it was adopted by the relatively wealthy and free fls of Sophiatown, a suburb that had become a sort of Johannesburg's Harlem.
	www.scaruffi.com /history/african.html (3973 words)

	AllRefer.com - African music (Music: History) - Encyclopedia
		African music, the music of the indigenous peoples of Africa.
		Common are bamboo flutes, ivory trumpets, and the one-string ground bow, which uses a hole in the ground as a resonator.
		Music is highly functional in ethnic life, accompanying birth, marriage, hunting, and even political activities.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Africanm.html (364 words)

	African Music : Africa Info Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A musical tribute to the Earth angels - this cashable box of the music of Ardleigh Elliott is a tribute to the nurses, those terrenales angels of the mercy, who bring comfort and curativo.
		This inspirante musical treasure throughout presents/displays the traditional image of a nurse with the medical symbol of movable caduceo and one melodÃa in the celebration of nurses.
		History Of African American Music : Music Online - Music Online History Of African American Music History Of African American Music : DVD Music, MP3, Concerts, Ipods, and More Missouri Sporting Goods and Memorabilia -...
	www.africangoodsonline.com /70-African-Music.html (679 words)

	African american music - African-American Music
		African-American music is very universal, but it appears to be dying; the music industry needs your help.
		African Music of the Disapora offers information on the history of music from the African Diaspora.
		The African American Music Collection is located in room 101B West Hall on the main campus of the University of Michigan.
	xn--m6tu28coge.com /znvd/african-american-music.html (373 words)

	South African music - SouthAfrica.info
		The story of South African music is one of dialogue with imported forms, and varying degrees of hybridisation over the years.
		From the earliest colonial days until the present time, South African music has created itself out of the mingling of local ideas and forms with those imported from outside the country, giving it all a special twist that carries with it the unmistakeable flavour of the country.
		Western music was played by slave orchestras (the governor of the Cape, for instance, had his own slave orchestra in the 1670s), and travelling musicians of mixed-blood stock moved around the colony entertaining at dances and other functions, a tradition that continued into the era of British domination after 1806.
	www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/culture/music.htm (277 words)

	African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
		Civil War period music includes songs about African-American soldiers and the plight of the newly emancipated slave.
		Post-Civil War music reflects the problems of Reconstruction and the beginnings of urbanization and the northern migration of African Americans.
		Unlike many other sorts of published works, sheet music can be produced rapidly in response to an event or public interest, and thus is a source of relatively unmediated and unrevised perspectives on quickly changing events and public attitudes.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/sheetmusic/brown (263 words)

	BBC - Music / Features - Echoes of Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Dance music, pop, jazz, rock, rap, blues - there aren't many genres which don't carry an element of African 'DNA' somewhere in their make up.
		The music we love has its foundation in a blend of African and European sounds.
		Malian and Senegalese music is known the world over - discover the legendary Bata drum and Kora amongst others [more]
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/features/africa (287 words)

	The History of Gospel Music
		Though gospel music can be an extremely broad term, CCM focuses its attention on the music that sprung from the early African-American church and inspired a host of modern day choirs and contemporary gospel/R&B sounds.
		As the music moves beyond its incubator--the church--it is imperative to understand where it is, where it has been, and where it is going.
		By its actions, the church declared Dorsey's brand of gospel music unworthy of a hearing within the sanctuaries of the day, a story quite similarly echoed by churches responding to the rock 'n' roll Jesus Movement that swept the country in the early '70s.
	www.afgen.com /gospel1.html (2214 words)

	Black History & Classical Music
		Black History is part of the common record of humanity.
		An academic resource devoted specifically to African composers is the Dictionary of African Composers compiled by Alexander Johnson and Chris Walton of the University of Pretoria, South Africa: http://sacomposers.up.ac.za
		The African American conductor Paul Freeman is Founding Musical Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, an unusually inclusive orchestra whose mission is "Musical Excellence Through Diversity".
	chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com /History.html (688 words)

	History Of African Music Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		EVEN as African music faces the challenge of international acceptance, efforts are being made outside the continent to reverse the trend.
		But in their countries of origin, these traditional beliefs all harken back to a bitter history, when African slaves were denied their own religion and language, and instead were handed Bibles and told to conform to the rules of a new society.
		Celebrates the use of the human body as an instrument, and traces the roots of body music back to 18th-century American history, when African slaves were forbidden to use drums, and so resorted to the body itself as a percussive instrument.
	www.african-guides.info /history-of-african-music (2147 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		It was at these meetings that preachers developed the rhythmic, engaging style distinctive of African American Christianity, and that worshippers developed the spiritual, mixing African performance traditions with hymns from the white churches.
		You can trace this stage in the development of the spiritual through musical scores that are part of the "Music for the Nation" collection at the American Memory Project website.
		Click on "Religious and Devotional Music" for information about P. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey, with links to some of their compositions.) Students may also wish to explore the roots of the spiritual in African religions through the African Studies WWW website.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=318 (1770 words)

	History Of African Music : Africa Info Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The history and the enslaved alcohol of the African continue being alive in the songs and storytelling that has gone down with the word of the mouth for the generations.
		Walking in the light of the freedom will serve like important series of the resource with its chronological history of the songs, the rythmical speech and activities, histories and commentaries that have been designed to repeal the people of all the ages.
		Geography Main Article: Geography of Africa History Main Article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory...
	www.africangoodsonline.com /305-History-Of-African-Music.html (482 words)

	World Music Central - The History of African American Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		My wife is an African American from Louisville, KY. Her mother is from Dark Corner, MS and her father from Jackson, TN.
		Country music is the white version of the Blues.
		The article originally published in Music Dish on March 1, 2003 was written in response to their call for articles to celebrate Black History Month.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/2003041314062529 (1636 words)

	MUSIC Essays
		A Musical Transformation: Wilfred Owen to Benjamin Britten
		Amy Beach and her Romance for Violin and Piano opus.23
		An Analysis of the Musical Aspects and Functions
	megaessays.com /categories/music/A.html (156 words)

	Free African Music
		Irresistable Rhythms 1-800-969-5269 Call for their free catalog of CDs and Finally in the late 1980's she returned to her homeland as a free South African Back to The African Music Encyclopedia: Music From Africa and the African Diaspora The evolution of African music and its function in the present day.
		This is a free service that allows you to connect with other African Music lovers Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
		Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country.
	www.lib-online.org /free-african-music.htm (313 words)

	Wake Forest benefit concert to share history of African-American music
		The concert will trace the history of African-American music from Negro spirituals to jazz and other contemporary genres.
		Wilson-Hollins is associate pastor of music, worship and communications at Ben Hill United Methodist Church in Atlanta.
		She is a leading scholar of Negro spiritual music and will share some of her research during the program.
	www.wfu.edu /www-data/wfunews/2002/020702c.html (364 words)

	History Of African American Music: Information on Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Eric Brown the founder of the African American Shopping Today website located at, www.brownhorizonsshopping.com, which is widely considered one of the most popular African American shopping websites on the internet today, recently announced the addition of an African American History Facts page to his website.
		September 22, 2004 -- The Association for the Study of African American Life and History and The Journal of African American History are pleased to present the list of...
		A new mandate for freshmen at Philadelphia high schools this year is a course on African and African-American history.
	www.themusic4u.info /history-of-african-american-music (227 words)

	music,disability,african americans,history,occupations
		As a young boy he fell in love with music, and as a man, the world fell in love with his music.
		He painstakingly composed music in Braille and could play several instruments.
		Charles has received numerous music and humanitarian awards and composed the state song of Georgia.
	www.leeandlow.com /books/ray.html (611 words)

	African Music Archive
		Local labels that did not live for long but had a considerable role to play within the history of modern African music.
		There were labels like Nigerphone from Onitsha in Nigeria that produced hundreds of records but were never really given credit for that in the history of African Music.
		These entreprenuers were right on the spot of the local music scene.
	ntama.uni-mainz.de /ama/content/view/25/29 (411 words)

	MUS 354: History of African-American Music (Wegman) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This includes some of the following: African legacies, slave culture and religion, music in the early fl church, minstrelsy, composers and musicians in urban centers, folk traditions, spirituals, ragtime, jazz, country and urban blues, the Harlem Renaissance, Gospel, composers (William Grant Still, Duke Ellington).
		Richard Cullen Rath, "African Music in Seventeenth-Century Jamaica: Cultural Transit and Transition," William and Mary Quarterly, third ser., 50 (1993): 700-26.
		An anthology of African musical traditions in the New World, featuring recordings from 19 different countries in North and South America, is CD-7917.
	www.princeton.edu /~rwegman/mus354.html (5931 words)

	MUSC381 - History of African American Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This course is a historical analysis of cultural, aesthetic and spiritual perceptions of African American music.
		Live and recorded performances presentations of the many forms of the African American musical idiom are the primary source.
		Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
	www.wesleyan.edu /wesmaps/course9900/afam341s.htm (111 words)

	Find in a Library: History of juju music : a history of an African popular music from Nigeria
		History of juju music : a history of an African popular music from Nigeria
		Yoruba (African people) -- Music -- History and criticism.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/5b20806b6aaac6e1a19afeb4da09e526.html (76 words)

	Club Afrika Forums :: African Discussion Forums :: View topic - A brief background and history of African Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The African continent is the second largest continent in the world, and its people constitute a 10th of the world’s population with about one thousand indigenous languages spoken throughout the continent.
		In this context, it is important that a brief history of African music cannot be conclusive and is more complex that we realize.
		Given this history, we can offer only provide a bird’s eye view of African music.
	www.clubafrika.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=288 (241 words)

	Amazon.com: History of Juju Music: A History of African Popular Music from Nigeria: Books: T. Ajayi Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Amazon.com: History of Juju Music: A History of African Popular Music from Nigeria: Books: T. Ajayi Thomas
		I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon.
		History of Juju Music: A History of African Popular Music from Nigeria (Paperback)
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0963326104?v=glance (321 words)

	music,disability,african americans,history
		The internet Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame has over 100 inductees whose biographies are made readily available on their site.
		This link provides well-researched histories of all different types of jazz music accompanied by appropriate photos.
		A good site for children who are looking for a starting point to research a type of jazz they are not familiar with.
	www.leeandlow.com /books/ray1.html (239 words)

	The African Music Encyclopedia: Bookstore
		African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia : A Study of Folk Traditions (Publications of the American Folklore Society.
		An Introduction to the Music of the Basotho
		Musical Instruments of Africa; Their Nature, Use, and Place in the Life of a Deeply Musical People
	www.africanmusic.org /bookstore.html (1941 words)

	African Music
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		African Xpress Music Cd Time Magazine Articles On African Music
	african-music.michaelbruce.net /african-music.xml (188 words)

	African Music, African Music Albums, African Musicians, African Bands, Reviews, Labels, Discographies, and more, from ...
		African Music, African Music Albums, African Musicians, African Bands, Reviews, Labels, Discographies, and more, from Afropop Worldwide, the experts on African music
		Author Joseph Braude recounts little known Islamic history in Iraq and North Africa
		Louise Meintjes on the emergence of Zulu musical identity in South Africa
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