Anthropological and historical resources of music analysis

Susanne Fürniss (1)

1 EAE - Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie

African rural traditions are less and less studied for the benefit of mixed urban musical expressions.They still exist, however, and continue to be important cultural references for globalized music. Analysis of traditional music in its cultural context is an ethnomusicological position which studies the music within its social and symbolic framework, bringing to evidence the relationship between the internal organization of music and the signification it has for those who make it. This is an important contribution to the emic-etic issue. The present article discusses anthropological and historical knowledge conveyed by formal musical elements in Central Africa (CAR, Cameroon and Gabon).

Mots clés: Cameroon; Pygmies; Baka; Bangando; Bakwele; migrations; formal cultural analysis

Mots clés: Systématique musicale; analyse musicale; Histoire des populations; Emprunt; Contact culturel

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Histoire; Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène

Susanne Fürniss. Anthropological and historical resources of music analysis. Gerd Grupe. Recent Trends and New Directions in Ethnomusicology: A European Perspective on Ethnomusicology in the 21st Century, 26, Shaker Verlag, pp.147-171, 2019, Graz Studies in Ethnomusicology. ⟨halshs-02406191⟩