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Sociedad de Etnomusicología
2007
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| author | Andrew L. Kaye |
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| contents | The film score and the African musical experience: some comments on a work in progress Andrew L. Kaye Arte Africa topics film music colonialism western cinema Zulu warriors, white hunters, war paints, obsessive drums those are some of the topics usedin western film production along the 20th Century that have create, the African imaginary inwestern society. Filmic representation (including feature films, documentary or short films) hasproven to be a fundamental vehicle to convey those African topoi, which actually allude to sub-Saharan Africa. Through a detailed analysis of titles such as West of Zanzibar (1928), Man oftwo worlds (1946) or Borom Sarret (1963), this paper examines the use of terms like Cannibalor jungle music, that very often appeared as categories in sheet music publications for earlycinema. The paper aims to elucidate the ways in which music has contributed to create aconcept of the African within western contemporary society 2007 artículo científico 1697-0101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82201109 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=822 Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música application/pdf Sociedad de Etnomusicología Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música (España) Num.11 |
| format | Artículo científico |
| id | redalyc_82201109 |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2007 |
| publisher | Sociedad de Etnomusicología |
| spellingShingle | The film score and the African musical experience: some comments on a work in progress Andrew L. Kaye Arte Africa topics film music colonialism western cinema The film score and the African musical experience: some comments on a work in progress Andrew L. Kaye Arte Africa topics film music colonialism western cinema Zulu warriors, white hunters, war paints, obsessive drums those are some of the topics usedin western film production along the 20th Century that have create, the African imaginary inwestern society. Filmic representation (including feature films, documentary or short films) hasproven to be a fundamental vehicle to convey those African topoi, which actually allude to sub-Saharan Africa. Through a detailed analysis of titles such as West of Zanzibar (1928), Man oftwo worlds (1946) or Borom Sarret (1963), this paper examines the use of terms like Cannibalor jungle music, that very often appeared as categories in sheet music publications for earlycinema. The paper aims to elucidate the ways in which music has contributed to create aconcept of the African within western contemporary society 2007 artículo científico 1697-0101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82201109 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=822 Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música application/pdf Sociedad de Etnomusicología Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música (España) Num.11 |
| title | The film score and the African musical experience: some comments on a work in progress |
| topic | Arte Africa topics film music colonialism western cinema |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82201109 |