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Thomas Turino Gelfand, Alexander Lyon 2015-09-25T22:54:39Z 2015-09-25T22:54:39Z 10000-01-01 2000 2000 Chapter I provides the historical and ethnographic background needed to understand the array of forces that have shaped court music and the chieftaincy in Akuapem since the late 19th century. Chapter II presents an overview of musical activity in Aburi and explains the mechanics of Akan speech surrogates. Chapter III explores the seemingly conflicting attitudes toward innovation and conservation displayed by Aburi court drummers, who fiercely resist change in repertoire and performance practice yet accept it in the realm of performance context. Chapter IV presents detailed ethnographies of three distinct fontomfrom performance contexts in Aburi, including a festival, a royal funeral and a non-royal funeral; while Chapter V examines the various symbolic roles that fontomfrom plays in these different settings, and considers the manner in which chiefs and commoners alike use fontomfrom to achieve specific social goals. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:54:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9971080.pdf: 14165816 bytes, checksum: ec6870d2a9d3e5ad666930d386d48452 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2000 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 87159 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 327 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85878 (MiAaPQ)AAI9971080 eng Art History Rhythms of Power: Royal Drumming in Aburi -Akuapem, Ghana text Music Music University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.