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The Yoruba God of Drumming

2016-01-19 Music
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Release : 2016-01-19
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Book Synopsis The Yoruba God of Drumming by : Amanda Villepastour

Download or read book The Yoruba God of Drumming written by Amanda Villepastour. This book was released on 2016-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the salient forces in the ritual life of those who worship the pre-Christian and Muslim deities called orishas, the Yorùbá god of drumming, known as Àyàn in Africa and Añá in Cuba, is variously described as the orisha of drumming, the spirit of the wood, or the more obscure Yorùbá praise name AsòròIgi (Wood That Talks). With the growing global importance of orisha religion and music, the consequence of this deity's power for devotees continually reveals itself in new constellations of meaning as a sacred drum of Nigeria and Cuba finds new diasporas. Despite the growing volume of literature about the orishas, surprisingly little has been published about the ubiquitous Yorùbá music spirit. Yet wherever one hears drumming for the orishas, Àyàn or Añá is nearby. This groundbreaking collection addresses the gap in the research with contributions from a cross-section of prestigious musicians, scholars, and priests from Nigeria, the Americas, and Europe who have dedicated themselves to studying Yorùbá sacred drums and the god sealed within. As well as offering multidisciplinary scholarly insights from transatlantic researchers, the volume includes compelling first-hand accounts from drummer-priests who were themselves history-makers in Nigerian and Cuban diasporas in the United States, Venezuela, and Brazil. This collaboration between diverse scholars and practitioners constitutes an innovative approach, where differing registers of knowledge converge to portray the many faces and voices of a single god.

Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum

2016-12-05 Music
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Release : 2016-12-05
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Book Synopsis Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum by : Amanda Villepastour

Download or read book Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum written by Amanda Villepastour. This book was released on 2016-12-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bata is one of the most important and representative percussion traditions of the people in southwest Nigeria, and is now learnt and performed around the world. In Cuba, their own bata tradition derives from the Yoruba bata from Africa yet has had far more research attention than its African predecessor. Although the bata is one of the oldest known Yoruba drumming traditions, the drum and its unique language are now unfamiliar to many contemporary Yoruba people. Amanda Villepastour provides the first academic study of the bata's communication technology and the elaborate coded spoken language of bata drummers, which they refer to as 'ena bata'. Villepastour explains how the bata drummers' speech encoding method links into universal linguistic properties, unknown to the musicians themselves. The analysis draws the direct links between what is spoken in Yoruba, how Yoruba is transformed in to the coded language (ena), how ena prescribes the drum strokes and, finally, how listeners (and which listeners) extract linguistic meaning from what is drummed. The description and analysis of this unique musical system adds substantially to what is known about bata drumming specifically, Yoruba drumming generally, speech surrogacy in music and coded systems of speaking. This book will appeal not only to ethnomusicologists and anthropologists, but also to linguists, drummers and those interested in African Studies.

The Music of Santería

1992 Music
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Release : 1992
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis The Music of Santería by : John Amira

Download or read book The Music of Santería written by John Amira. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of the only book to describe in detail the music and cultural context of Santeria bata drumming.

The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming

2013-02-01 Music
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Release : 2013-02-01
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Book Synopsis The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming by : Kenneth Schweitzer

Download or read book The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming written by Kenneth Schweitzer. This book was released on 2013-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An iconic symbol and sound of the Lucumí/Santería religion, Afro-Cuban batá are talking drums that express the epic mythological narratives of the West African Yoruba deities known as orisha. By imitating aspects of speech and song, and by metaphorically referencing salient attributes of the deities, batá drummers facilitate the communal praising of orisha in a music ritual known as a toque de santo. In The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming, Kenneth Schweitzer blends musical transcription, musical analysis, interviews, ethnographic descriptions, and observations from his own experience as a ritual drummer to highlight the complex variables at work during a live Lucumí performance. Integral in enabling trance possessions by the orisha, by far the most dramatic expressions of Lucumí faith, batá drummers are also entrusted with controlling the overall ebb and flow of the four- to six-hour toque de santo. During these events, batá drummers combine their knowledge of ritual with an extensive repertoire of rhythms and songs. Musicians focus on the many thematic acts that unfold both concurrently and in quick succession. In addition to creating an emotionally charged environment, playing salute rhythms for the orisha, and supporting the playful song competitions that erupt between singers, batá drummers are equally dedicated to nurturing their own drumming community by creating a variety of opportunities for the musicians to grow artistically and creatively.

Drumming for the Gods

2000 Black people
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Release : 2000
Genre : Black people
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Book Synopsis Drumming for the Gods by : María Teresa Vélez

Download or read book Drumming for the Gods written by María Teresa Vélez. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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