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Endongo: Its Role, Meaning and Significance in Culture

Endongo: Its Role, Meaning and Significance in Culture

Makubuya, James K.

Hardcover

Music Instruction: GeneralMusic ReferenceWorld Music

Publisher Price: $47.00

ISBN10: 1649572204
ISBN13: 9781649572202
Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co Inc
Published: Aug 18 2022
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The theme of this book is the Significance of Folk Musical Instruments. I was prompted to write this book because, from an early age, I was fascinated not only by the visible appearances of folk instruments, but also by the entertainment roles I saw those instruments perform during the cultural events. So, as I went to advanced studies in ethnomusicology, I became very interested in organology, which is a sub-branch that deals with the evolution and development of musical instruments. The more I tried to learn how to play a number of folk instruments from different global cultures, the more I realized that folk instruments are used not only as objects that may sound differently, but also as tools used differently from culture to culture to enhance the respective cultural events, rituals and ceremonies. Therefore, this book on Endongo, presents to the interested or curious reader/s the opportunity to see and appreciate the role/s, meaning/s, and significance folk musical instruments have or play in cultures. Differently put, this book offers the would be curious reader/s the opportunity to examine and realize that folk musical instruments in all cultural traditions are more than just sound production objects. By reading this book, one would realize that there are also a number of inter-related subdisciplines the collectivity of which are realized and culminate not only in the construction process of the instrument/s, but also in the cultural functions for which folk instruments are used. Summarily put, this Endongo book is a case study that reveals the critically important folk cultural values that eventually reflect both the aesthetic and the symbolic meanings attached to folk musical instruments by cultures.

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