EARLY
IMAGES OF AFRICAN MUSIC |
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AUTHOR |
IMAGE |
COMMENT |
Cavazzi |
The picture shows a
gourd-resonated xylophone, a single-stringed arched harp and a polyglobular
vessel-horn, made of two gourds. The playing position of the horn looks
wrong, as it would be blown like a trumpet. |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows a
subconical single-headed drum and a pluriarc. It is quite unlikely these
would be played together in this fashion |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows
Queen Zinga with her retinue, including a drummer and players of transverse
ivory horns |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows
Queen Zinga with her retinue, including players of the transverse ivory horn |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows a
perplexing mixture of a head-hunter, a crucifix on the ground, and a player
of the double iron bell |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows a
running Jaga warrior with a double iron bell. The Jaga were the notorious
predatory raiders and cannibals encountered by the Portuguese |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows a
royal court with retinue including a pluriarc player |
|
Cavazzi |
A scene of
blacksmithing with musical ensemble in the background |
|
Cavazzi |
The picture shows a
closeup of the pluriarc player in the
previous scene |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a single-stringed fiddle |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows
either a musical bow or a rattling stick |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
sanza player |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
player of paired gourd-rattles |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
very inaccurate image of a portable xylophone. Cf. Cavazi earlier which is
much closer to reality |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
very inaccurate image of a ground-standing xylophone. |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
player of a quadrilateral struck bell. It is much more likely that this type
of bell had an internal clapper |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
player of a double iron bell. The profile of the bells is very unlikely as
they would normally not be conical but flat and wide |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
player of the scraped notched stick. The instrument looks very inaccurate.
Normally the stick has an oval profile and it is usually not played sitting
down like this |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
scraped notched stick with a gourd resonator. These instruments, strange
though they appear, are found in Southern Angola and northern |
|
Bonanni |
The picture shows a
cylindrical two-headed drum |
|
Ferrario |
The picture shows a
composite dance scene, apparently made up from figures in previous
publications |