Music And Dance Traditions Of Ghana: History, Performance And Teaching Paperback

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Paschal Yao Younge

The dance and musical traditions of ghana's four main ethnic groups are covered comprehensively in this book. Discussed are not only concepts of music, dance and performance in general, but also cultural perspectives, performance practices, and the form and structure of 22 musical types or dance drumming ceremonies. Historical, geographical, cultural and social backgrounds of the groups are included, as well as orthographies of each language with their unique characters. As a guide to multicultural education, the book provides teaching methods and components of curriculum development. Numerous photographs, maps, and musical scores serve to generously illustrate the book.

9780786449927

English

McFarland And Company

30 Sep 2011

466

Paschal yao younge is an associate professor of multicultural music education and the director of the annual international summer program in african interdisciplinary arts and co-artistic director of the african ensemble at ohio university. A multi-talented musician, he is a recipient of many awards including marion anderson/alvin ailey award for outstanding achievements in the arts, award for excellence in scholarship and outstanding achievement and service, award of excellence in service and west virginia university division of music, award of excellence in research.