The social and ceremonial music of the Pedi

[摘要] The tribes that fall under the Northern Sotho or Pedi language groupare found in the area more or less bounded by Middelburg, Pilgrims Rest,Malopene, the Blaauwberg and Hamanskraal .No print can adequately describe the vital panorama of Pedi life.In surveying the musical practices of the Pedi I soon realised that theirmusic was not an isolated entity but an integral unit of their wholepattern of living, both socially and ceremonially. It is from thisessentially ' alive' standpoint, rather than as a scientific analysis ofscale systems, etc., that I approached the subject of Pedi music. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand