Venda Children's Songs: A Study in Ethnomusicological Analysis

Blacking, John

This collection of essays and articles provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. Among the various topics covered is the role of melody in generating rhythm, something that distinguishes this form of music from that of Venda adults as well as from other genres of African music in general. John Blacking (1928-1990) also wrote "How Musical is Man" and "The Anthropology of the Body".

EAN

9780226055107

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

1 June 1995

Pages

210