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Musical Origins

In the Light of the Musical Practices of Bushman, Hottentot and Bantu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Percival R. Kirby
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Extract

First of all, I want to explain my title, for on seeing it in cold print it seemed to me to be a bold title for anyone to take or to dare to discuss Musical Origins. I should perhaps rather have said the “Problem of Musical Origins in Light of the Musical Practices of Bushman, Hottentot Bantu.” I must, however, start with some sort of preamble and propose to begin with a short elementary lesson in South African geography from the point of view of the distribution of the native peoples.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Musical Association , Volume 59 , 1932 , pp. 23 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1932

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References

1 For proof of this suggestion see Maingard: “History and Distribution of the Bow and Arrow in South Africa.” S.A. Journal of Science, 1933.Google Scholar

2 S.A. Journal of Science, 1926.Google Scholar

3 The Naron, by D. F. Bleek, Cambridge, 1928.Google Scholar