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African Music in Ghana: A Survey of Traditional Forms by J.H.Kwabena Nketia - 1962

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African Music in Ghana: A Survey of Traditional Forms by J.H.Kwabena Nketia - 1962

African Music in Ghana: A Survey of Traditional Forms

by J.H.Kwabena Nketia

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Accra Longmans, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 1962. First Edition. 148 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.
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  • Date Published 1962

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African Music in Ghana

by J.H. Kwabena Nketia

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Northwestern Univ Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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African Music in Ghana

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Northwestern Univ Press, 1972T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with slight tears and corner issues. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
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African Music in Ghana

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Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1963. Number eleven in the Northwestern University African Studies series. 8vo size green cloth covers with silver titles on spine; 147 pages with some black and white illustrations and sheet music. Contents include: Organisation of Folk Music Musical Types Performing Groups and Their Music Form and Technique of Vocal Music The Rhythm of Songs Traditional Ensembles From page 4: "It has been said that for the African, music and life and inseparable, for there is music for many of the activities of everyday life as well as music whose verbal texts express the African's attitude to life, his hopes and fears his thoughts and beliefs. Music is said to 'sweeten' his labours, to comfort him when he is bereaved, to keep up his morale at the battle front, to assist him in the worship of this gods. In short, music in his culture has markedly utilitarian functions. Such commonplace generalisations are based on the fact that the incidence of… Read More
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AFRICAN MUSIC IN GHANA

by Nketia, J.H. Kwabena

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Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1963. 1st U.S. Edition. 148 pages in fine condition. Green cloth cover with gilt titles on spine in fine condition. DJ in good condition. NPC. VG. 1st U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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African Music in Ghana

by Nketia, J.H. Kwabena

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  • Hardcover
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9780810101753 / 0810101750
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