Bikutsi a Beti dance music on the rise, 1970-1990
Introduction. Putting Bikutsi in Context -- The Sound of Yaoundé in the 1970s -- Women's Song-and-Dance-Pieces : The 'Original' Bikutsi -- Bikutsi on the Mendzánj : Dance Music on Xylophone Ensembles -- Musical Changes towards Beti Music by Modern Dance Bands in Yaoundé in the 1970s -...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT
Equinox Publishing Ltd
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Transcultural music studies
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction. Putting Bikutsi in Context -- The Sound of Yaoundé in the 1970s -- Women's Song-and-Dance-Pieces : The 'Original' Bikutsi -- Bikutsi on the Mendzánj : Dance Music on Xylophone Ensembles -- Musical Changes towards Beti Music by Modern Dance Bands in Yaoundé in the 1970s -- Performing Beti 'Village' Music : The Bikutsi of Les Vétérans -- Bikutsi in the 1980s: Political Change, Diversification, the Use of Télévision and Les Tétes Brulées -- Conclusion. Bikutsi Shifts "This book offers the first ethnographically informed, in-depth historical study of the Cameroonian popular music genre bikutsi. The thriving dance music in Cameroon's day-to-day life has its foundation in the specific historical processes of the 1970s and 1980s, which led to the recognition of bikutsi as a distinct genre of Cameroonian dance music. Examining these processes in detail, this book analyses the various factors involved in the rise of a popular music genre within a national music scene"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | xiv, 200 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781781797860 978-1-78179-786-0 9781781797853 978-1-78179-785-3 |