The musical instruments of the native races of South Africa / by Percival R. Kirby.

Author/creator Kirby, Percival R.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoJohannesburg : Witwatersrand University Press, 1968.
Descriptionxxiii, 293 pages : 75 plates, map, music ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Rattles and clappers -- Drums -- Xylophones and 'sansas' -- Bull-roarers and spinning-disks -- Horns and trumpets -- Whistles, flutes, and vibrating reeds -- Reed-flute ensembles -- The 'gora', a stringed-wind instrument -- Stringed instruments -- Bushman and hottentot violins and the 'ramkie' -- Some European instruments played by 'raw' natives -- Corrigenda and addenda.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical footnotes.
LCCN 66008755

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML544.K5 M8 1968 ✔ Available Place Hold