''Studies in African Music'' is a 1959 book in two volumes by A.M. Jones. It is an in-depth analysis of the traditional music of the Ewe tribe.

Summary

The work is divided into two volumes, with the first volume being an analysis of the music presented in Volume II, and the second being full-score reproductions of the pieces in question.

Volume I Contents

# Introduction # Play-Songs and Fishing Songs # The Instruments of the Orchestra # The ''Nyayito'' Dance # Yeve Cult Music # Club Dances - The ''Adzida'' Dance # The Social Dance - ''Agbadza'' # A Comparison of Drumming # The Homogeneity of African Music # Tone and Tune # The Neo-Folk-Music

Volume II Contents

# Play-Songs and Fishing Songs # The ''Nyayito'' Dance # Yeve Cult Music: (a) The Husago Dance, (b) The Sovu Dance, (c) The Sogba Dance # The ''Adzida'' Dance # The ''Agbadza'' Dance # The ''Icila'' Dance

Influence

Steve Reich has listed this work as an influence on his music, particularly his "fooling around with tape loops, which ebegan to envision as little mechanized Africans 'laughs''" It is also cited extensively in Volume I of

Gunther Schuller Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Biography and works Early years Schuller was born in Queens, New York City ...

's (who introduced Reich to the work) History of Jazz.Schuller, Gunther. '' Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development''. Oxford University Press. 1968

References

External links

Studies in African Music: Volume I
at The Internet Archive
Studies in African Music: Volume II
at The Internet Archive 1959 non-fiction books Music books Ethnomusicology {{ethnology-stub