The Art of Mbira

Musical Inheritance and Legacy. Growing out of the collaborative research of an American ethnomusicologist and Zimbabwean musician, Paul F. Berliners The Art of Mbira documents the repertory for a keyboard instrument known generally as mbira. At the heart of this work lies the analysis of the improvisatory processes that propel mbira musics magnificent creativity. In this book, Berliner provides insight into the communities of study, performance, and worship that surround mbira. He chronicles how master player Costas Magaya and his associates have developed their repertory and practices over more than four decades,