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Encounter 1: Music of Africa
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Music: The Art of Listening, 6/e
Jean Ferris, Arizona State University-Tempe


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Also sprach Zarathustra

http://www.americansymphony.org/dialogues_extensions/99_2000season/2000_03_08/strauss.cfm

Richard Strauss

http://www.hnh.com/composer/straussr.htm

Strauss, Richard (1864 1949) provides information on the German opera composer.

African Musical Instruments

http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/african/body.htm

 

Music of Africa

http://www.africanmusic.org/

African Music Encyclopedia includes profiles of artists from around the continent, and a glossary of African musical terms.

 

Yoruba pressure drums

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/pages/tlkdrum_gnrl.html