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Christopher Ballantine - Marabi Nights, Övrigt

Övrigt, Engelska, 2012

Marabi Nights

Jazz, 'Race' and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa

Av Christopher Ballantine

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The second edition of Christopher Ballantine’s classic Marabi nights - Jazz, ‘race’ and society presents a fascinating view of the marabi jazz tradition in South African popular music to a new generation of music fans and scholars of cultural studies, politics and music. Based on conversations with legendary figures in the world of music as well as a perceptive reading of music, its socio-political history and social meanings, Ballantine’s project is one of sensitive and impassioned curatorship. An accompanying CD of recordings from the 1930s and 1940s yields almost forgotten treasures. A selection of archival images gives the narrative further resonance. The second edition contains a new chapter on the Manhattan Brothers and singing groups’ adaptation of the American close harmony tradition. Through the prism of popular music, the new edition also goes further in its discussion of gender in the context of forced migrant labour in the 1950s.
Produktinformation
  • Märke: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-05-31
  • Höjd: 133 x 209 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 370 g
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 220
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
  • EAN: 9781869142377
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Christopher Ballantine is Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and a Fellow of the University. He is rated an 'Internationally Acclaimed Researcher' by South Africa's National Research Foundation. An author of three books (Marabi Nights: Early South African Jazz and Vaudeville; Music and its Social Meanings; and Twentieth Century Symphony), numerous chapters in books and articles in leading journals, Chris Ballantine's publications cover a wide range of issues in the fields of musicology, the sociology of music, popular music studies, and ethnomusicology. He is also active as a music critic, contributing reviews of live performances and recordings to publications such as the London-based monthlies Opera and the International Record Review.

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