Music, ritual, and Falasha history
by Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Michigan State University Press, 1989
Cloth: 978-0-87013-274-2
Library of Congress Classification ML3195.S37 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 296.40963
TOC
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Musical Examples
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction (1989)
- Introduction (1986)
- 1.
- Perspectives of Falasha History
- 2.
- The Beta Israel Religious Tradition
- 3.
- The Contexts of Liturgical Performance
- 4.
- A Beta Israel View of the Liturgy
- 5.
- Texts of the Beta Israel Liturgy
- 6.
- Music of the Beta Israel Liturgy
- 7.
- Rethinking Falasha History
- Appendices
- 1.
- Prayers of the Beta Israel Liturgy
- 2.
- Excerpts from the Berhān Śaraqa Evening Ritual
- 3.
- Biographies of Ethiopian Research Associates
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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