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Africa folk music atlas
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- Creator
- edited by Leonardo D'Amico, Francesco Mizzau
- Included Titles
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- Voices of Africa
- Winds & strings of Africa
- Winds and strings of Africa
- Drums of Africa
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [English language edition]
- Firenze, Italy : Amharsi : CentroFLOG Tradizioni Popolari, [1997]
- ©1997
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color) + 3 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 8887036063, 9788887036060
- OCLC
- ocm41168228
- Credits
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- Idea by Francesco Mizzau, Livio Giacomi, Matteo Silva ; produced by Gianfranco Barbetta, Francesco Mizzau, Matteo Silva
- Text in English.
- Accompanying CDs present performances of music from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Comoro, Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zaire.
- Accompanying CD-ROM is an interactive musical atlas.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and discography (pages 56-57).
- System requirements for CD-ROM: IBM PC or compatible 486 33 Mhz (66 Mhz preferred); 8 Mb RAM; Windows 3.1 or Windows '95; hard disk with 4 MB free; graphic board SVGA 640x480 high color 16 bit mode; Microsoft compatible keyboard; Microsoft compatible mouse; Sound Blaster compatible audio board; CD-ROM drive double speed.
- A brief account of African ethnohistory / by the editorial staff of "Nigrizia" -- The music of North Africa / Claudio Vedovati -- The music of Sub-Saharan Africa / Leonardo D'Amico -- Vocal music / Serena Facci -- Musical instruments / Leonardo D'Amico -- Modern African music of the Sub-Sahara / David Ryder -- The origin of the baa drum (Dan of Western Africa) -- The CD-audio series -- The CD-ROM
- CDs: v. 1.1. Voices of Africa -- v. 1.2. Winds & strings of Africa -- v. 1.3. Drums of Africa