Background
Gerhard Kubik was born on December 10, 1934, in Vienna, Austria, to Karl and Maria (a bank employee) Kubik.
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien, Austria
Kubik studied ethnology, musicology, and African languages at the University of Vienna. He published his doctoral dissertation in 1971 and achieved habilitation in 1980.
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien, Austria
Kubik studied ethnology, musicology, and African languages at the University of Vienna. He published his doctoral dissertation in 1971 and achieved habilitation in 1980.
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1975
(Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik’s Theory of African...)
Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik’s Theory of African Music provides an authoritative account of its subject. Over the course of two volumes, Kubik, one of the most prominent experts in the field, draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study throughout Africa to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures.
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1994
(Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an auth...)
Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard Kubik draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study in many parts of the continent to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures.
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1994
(In 1969 Gerhard Kubik chanced to encounter a Mozambican l...)
In 1969 Gerhard Kubik chanced to encounter a Mozambican labor migrant, a miner in Transvaal, South Africa, tapping a pendant, a mouth-resonated musical bow. A comparable instrument was seen in the hands of a white Appalachian musician who claimed it as part of his own cultural heritage.
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1999
(This second volume amplifies how musicians influenced by ...)
This second volume amplifies how musicians influenced by swing, bebop, and post-bop in Africa from the end of World War II into the 1970s were interacting with each other and re-creating jazz.
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2017
Gerhard Kubik was born on December 10, 1934, in Vienna, Austria, to Karl and Maria (a bank employee) Kubik.
Kubik studied ethnology, musicology, and African languages at the University of Vienna. He published his doctoral dissertation in 1971 and achieved habilitation in 1980.
Kubik went to Africa every year for the past 48 years. He has published more than 300 articles and books on his experience of studying Africa and African-Americans based on his fieldwork in fifteen African countries, in Venezuela and Brazil.
He was a professor at numerous universities, including Mainz and African universities, and visiting professor and guest lecturer at institutions in dozen of countries, including the United States.
(This second volume amplifies how musicians influenced by ...)
2017(In 1969 Gerhard Kubik chanced to encounter a Mozambican l...)
1999(Erudite and exhaustive, Gerhard Kubik’s Theory of African...)
1994(Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an auth...)
1994When asked about his political views, Kubik said that politics is “not my field.”
Kubik is married to Lidiya Malamusi (an oral literature scientist) since September 18, 1989.
