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INDEX-GLOSSARY
Page numbers in italics refer to entire transcriptions
abacumbi (Watutsi exorcisers), 21
abagare (Watutsi prophets), 22
abajiji (Watutsi healers), 22
abasizi (Watutsi court bards), 38
abstraction, 43 ff, 102
a cappella, 72
accent: dynamic, 16, 73, 79, 98 ; length, 73 f; pitch,
16, 73 f; timbre, 16, 74, 79, 98
acculturation, 21, 33
additive rhythm, see rhythm
adenden (Teso harpist), 37
Adonis, 25
aerophones, 18, 27, 31 f, 36 f, 45 f, 48, 54, 64 f, 72 ;
also see Cent-Frequency Charts
agricultural area, see culture area
Aka Pygmies, 4 f
ālāpa, 66, 83
alligator song, 53 f, 69, 193
Alur, 36
American Negro, 59
Anápeira, 83
Angola, 84, 87
Ankole, 30
antiphonal style, see choral style
Apel, Willi, 98
Arabic influence, 66, 72, 99 ff; also see Islam
Aristotle, 36, 66
Aron, Pietro, 83
arytenoid muscles, 94 ff
Ashanti, 50
asymmetry, 74, 83, 101 f
atuamba (Bapere bull-roarer), 26
"authentic" octave, 60, 68
Azande, 36
Babenzele, see Babinga Pygmies
Babinga Pygmies: ceremonial, 31 ; culture area, 4 ;
language, 5, 260 ; music, 9, 31, 56, 77, 81 f, 87 ff,
100, 182 ff; musical ethnology, 31, 96, 99 ; race,
4, 6 ; territory, 4, 260
Babira: ceremonial, 25 ff; culture area, see agricul-
tural; language, see Kibira and 48 ; music, 16,
25 f, 61 f, 63 f, 75 ff, 84, 89 f, 119 ff; musical ethno-
logy, 25 ff, 48, 98 ; territory, 5, 260
Babunda: ceremonial, 32 ; culture area, see agri-
cultural area; language, 260 ; music, 32, 75 f,
164 f; musical ethnology, 32 ; territory, 260
Babylonia, 83
Baduma: culture area, see agricultural area; lan-
guage, 260 ; music, 33 f, 65, 67 ff, 72, 84 f, 200 ff,
253 ; musical ethnology, 33 f; territory, 260
Baganda: culture area, see agricultural area;
language, see Luganda; music, 38, 53, 63, 71.
88, 99, 101 f, 218 ff, 255 ; musical ethnology, 37 f,
71 ; territory, 6, 260
baganja (Ituri Forest circumcision subjects), 26
Bahima, 7, 22, 35
Bahutu: ceremonial, 22 ; culture area, 7, 35, and
see agricultural area; language, 260 ; music, 18,
59, 83, 88, 99, 150 f; territory, 260
Baila, 27
Bairu, 7, 35
Bakongo, 5
Bakuba, 38, 103
Bakumu, 21, 29
Baluba-Hemba, 5
Bamba: culture area, see agricultural area; lan-
guage, 260 ; music, 72, 216 f, 254 ; territory, 260
Bambala: ceremonial 39 f; culture area, see agri-
cultural area; language, 260 ; music, 166 ; musical
ethnology, 39 f, 50 ; territory, 260
Bangombe, see Babinga Pygmies
Bantu: ceremonial 24 ff; language, 5 ff, 47 f, 109 ;
Sumerian language similarities, 6 ; music, 25 ff,
61 f, and passim; territory, 5 ; tribes, 260 ; and
passim
Banyankole, 24
Banyoro: ceremonial, 32, 37 ; culture area, see
agricultural area; language, 260 ; music, 32, 60,
71 f, 83, 89, 208 ff, 253 f; musical ethnology, 32,
37 ; territory, 260
Bapere: ceremonial, 21, 26, 51 ; culture area, see
agricultural area; language, 260 ; music, 18, 26 f,
51 f, 54, 60 f, 63 f, 70, 72, 84 f, 91, 100, 125 ff, 249 ;
musical ethnology, 26 f, 51 f, 72, 98 ; territory, 260
bapfumu (Watutsi healer-prophets), 21 f
barring, 73 ff, 78
Bashi, 40
Bashongo, 5, 29
bass, 96
Basuto, 18
Batetela, 49 f
Batoro: language, 260 ; music, 91 f, 213 ff, territory,
260
Batwa Pygmies: culture area, 4, 35 ; language,
260 ; music, 13, 18, 48, 59, 68, 70, 88 f, 91 f, 101 f,

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Music of Central Africa: An Ethnomusicological Study Former French Equatorial Africa, the Former Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Uganda, Tanganyika. Contributors: Rose Brandel - author. Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff. Place of Publication: The Hague. Publication Year: 1961. Page Number: 267.
    
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