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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF AFRICAN ALGAITA AND CHINESE SUONA

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2018, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Music, Hugh A. Glauser.
This thesis will compare two double-reed instruments, the Algaita from West Africa and the Suona from China, to determine the genesis of double-reed instruments and consider the physical resemblance between the Algaita and the Suona. The analysis of social and religious functions fulfilled by each instrument in its cultural area will assist in understanding how they were adapted and assimilated into the cultural fabric of their ethnic backgrounds. This comparative study examines a variety of aspects that include morphological structures, arguing that the Algaita and the Suona share the same origin, but that their structural divergence occurred according to the historical, geographic, and cultural context of the areas in which they exist.
Kazadi Mukuna (Advisor)
Theodore Albrecht (Committee Member)
Richard Devore (Committee Member)
260 p.

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  • Zhu, S. (2018). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF AFRICAN ALGAITA AND CHINESE SUONA [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1521589884200435

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhu, Shasha. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF AFRICAN ALGAITA AND CHINESE SUONA. 2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1521589884200435.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhu, Shasha. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF AFRICAN ALGAITA AND CHINESE SUONA." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1521589884200435

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)