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Rumbolz, Robert Charles:
“A Vessel for Many Things”: Brass Bands in Ghana.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.), 2000. 444p.
ProQuest no. 3005648

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements viii
Illustrations x
Technical Notes xi
   Geographic xi
   Linguistic xii
   Currency xii
Musical Transcriptions xii

Prologue: Rebirth at Kwanyako xiv

Introduction 1
   Methodology 3
   Organization of the Dissertation 5

Part I

1 Foundations of Thought 9
Terms of Culture Contact 9
   Ethnomusicology and the Terms of Culture Contact 16
Research on West African Music 22
   “A Novel Object” – A.M. Jones and the Rhythm Fetish 25
   Influence of Technology 27
   Role of the Indigenous Scholar 29
   Anthropology and African Musicology 30
Foundations of West African Music 35

2 Brass Bands as Power Symbol 40
Military Music in Europe 40
   A Brief History of Brass Bands in Britain 41
   Missionary Zeal and the Brass Bands 43
A Brief History of European Presence in Ghana 45
The Missionary Presence in the Gold Coast 49
   Evangelism and Band Proliferation: The Case of Kyebi 52
Early Military Music in the Gold Coast 53
   Other External Influences 56
Musical Responses to Culture Change 57
   Palm-wine 58
   Adaha and Other Band Styles 60
   Neo-Traditional Styles 64
British Response to Native Bands 64
World War I and the Bands 68
In Summary 71

3 Mass Education and National Culture 72
Cocoa Boom 72
World War II 74
Mass Education 75
Independence  78
In Summary 80

Part II

4 Band Types and Social Formations 83
The Bands 83
   Church Bands 84
   Village and Town Bands 88
   Security Forces and Service Bands 88
   School Bands 91
   Virtual Bands 92
Professionalism 92
Instruments: Ownership and Quality 95
Access to Instruments 98
Extra-musical Concerns 100
   Brass, the Body, and Gender 100
In Summary 102

5 Musical Particulars 105
Training 105
   Rehearsing 106
   Music Literacy 107
   Tone and Tuning 111
   Rhythm 117
    “Encomium”: The Fine Art of Improvisation 126
   Leadership 128
   Akan Evaluative Terms 129
In Summary 131

6 Performance Dynamics 134
Venue and Repertoire 134
   Competition 137
Dress 141
Movement and Proxemics 145
   Dance 145
   Playing Posture 147
Reception 148
Performances Observed 150
   Funeral 150
   Sporting Events 152
   Easter Picnic 155
   National Holidays 157
In Summary 161

7 Current Trends in Brass Band Performance 163
   Amplification 163
   Transnationalism 165
   Re-Contextualization 166

Conclusion 171

Appendix I: Bands in Study 175
Appendix II: Notes on Sound Examples 177
Appendix III: Transcriptions 180
Appendix IV: Paschal Yao Younge 188
Appendix V: Presbyterian Brass Band Guild Survey 196
Appendix VI: King’s Day Celebration Program 202

Glossary 204

Bibliography 209
   Interviews 209 
   Works Cited 212

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