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by Paul F. Berliner

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

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  • Title The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
  • Author Paul F. Berliner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 334
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Publication date 1993-06-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780226043791 / 0226043797
  • Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.49 x 5.55 x 0.91 in (21.56 x 14.10 x 2.31 cm)
  • Category Music/Songbooks
  • Library of Congress subjects Shona (African people) - Music - History and, Musical instruments - Zimbabwe
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92041356
  • Dewey Decimal Code 786.85
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