Bikutsi - A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970–1990 - Anja Brunner
Women’s Song-and-Dance-Pieces: The "Original" Bikutsi
Bikutsi - A Beti Dance Music on the Rise, 1970–1990 - Anja Brunner
Anja Brunner [+]
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Anja Brunner is an ethnomusicologist at the Music and Minorities Research Center at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Description
Chapter 3 discusses one of the sources/origins of the guitar-based popular music genre bikutsi: women’s song-and-dance-pieces in Beti music. Starting with general information on Beti music and the conceptions around music in Beti culture, a special focus lies on the sung and danced bikutsi pieces by women, in terms of content, dance, and structure, including an historical as well as a contemporary perspective.