Portraits of a Bafut Elephant Dance I

Title: Portraits of a Bafut Elephant Dance I
Author: Tanka Emmanuel Fonta
13 Digit ISBN: 978-1-894821-56-8
ISBN: 1-894821-56-4
Instrumentation : Orchestra
Category: Concert
Genre: Traditional / Contemporary African
Duration: 4:09 minutes
Difficulty: Difficult/professional (Grades 7-8+)
Add Info: Score, Parts, CD, 30cm; Spiral bound
Areas of intererst: Musicology, Ethnomusicology, African Ballet, Performance. Thematic expositions on polyphony & polyrhythm in traditional African percussion music.


Notes :
A challenging original work in 2 movements, inspired and thematically structured in the idiomatic form & rythmical theme of a traditional African Bafut elephant dance music. A thematic exposition on the variegated forms of polyphony and polyrhythms within Traditional African percussion music. Music inspired and thematically based on a ceremonious traditional elephant dance, of the Bafut people of the grasslands of Cameroon. Scored for small orchestra and African percussion.

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