Literature

This is an (incomplete) bibliography of music in the Horn of Africa which will be complemented on an irregular base. Any additional suggestions are welcome! Please use the contact form or the comment form below for suggestions.

Literature in European languages

  • Ashenafi Kebede. 1976. Zemenawi muzika: modern trends in traditional secular music of Ethiopia. In: The Black Perspective in Music. Vol 4, No. 3. 291- 301
  • Ashenafi Kebede. 1979. Musical innovation and acculturation in Ethiopian culture. In: African Urban Studies. 6. 77-87.
  • Ashenafi Kebede. 1982. Zur Geschichte der Amhara-Musik in Äthiopien. In: Musikgeschichte in Bildern. Band 1, Ostafrika . Gerhard Kubik (ed.). Leipzig. 11-14.
  • Anonym. 1969. Tsegayie Debalkie – Profile. In Addis Reporter, Vol. I, No. 35. Addis Abeba. 20.
  • Avramets, B.A. 1988. Sociocultural functions of instrumental ensembles and their role in the traditional Etiopian culture. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Moscow. 30 – 37.
  • Banti, Giorgio and Francesco Giannattasio. 1996. Music and metre in Somali poetry. In: Voice and Power, The culture of language in North-East Africa, Essay in Honour of B.W. Andrzejewski. R.J. Hayward and I.M. Lewis (eds.). London: SOAS.
  • Barblan. G. 1941. Musiche e strumenti musicali dell’ Africa Orientalia Italiana. Edizioni della Triennale d’Oltremare. Napoli.
  • Berhanou Abbebe. 1970. Hamina – Distiques amhariques d’après une transcription d’Antoine d’Abbadie. In: Annales d’Éthiopie, 8. Addis Abeba. 89-101.
  • Ewens, Graeme. 1995. Die Klänge Afrikas – Zeitgenössische Musik von Kairo bis Kapstadt. München: Marino.
  • Eyayu Lulseged. 1994. Social, economic and political discontent in Ethiopia as reflected in contemporary Amharic songs (Mid 1950s – Mid 1970s). In: Journal of Ethiopian Studies 27, 2. 21-43.
  • Falceto, Francis.1994. Ethiopian groove – Welcome to the land of wax and gold. In: World Music, The Rough Guide. Simon Broughton, Mark Ellington, David Muddyman and Richard Rillo (eds.). London: The Rough Guides.
  • Falceto, Francis.2001. Abyssinie Swing. A pictorial history of modern Ethiopian music. Addis Ababa: Shama Books.
  • Gizachew Adamu. 1972. The history of Music in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa.
  • IES – Institute of Ethiopian Studies/ Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes. 1999. Musical Instruments of Ethiopia. Catalogue of the collection of the Ethiopian Museum of the IES. Addis Ababa.
  • Johnson, John W. 1996. Musico-moro-syllabic relationships in the scansion of Somali poetry. in Voice and Power, The culture of language in North-East Africa, Essay in Honour of B.W. Andrzejewski. R.J. Hayward and I.M. Lewis (eds.). London: SOAS.
  • Kimberlin, Cynthia Tse. 1980. The music of Ethiopia. In: Music of many cultures. Berkeley: University of California Press. 232-252.
  • Kimberlin, Cynthia Tse. 1994. Traditions and transformations in Ethiopian music: event as a catalyst for change. In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Vol. II.. Bahru Zewde, Richard Pankhurst, Taddese Beyene (eds.). Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa University. 643-652.
  • Kimberlin, Cynthia Tse. 1997. Four contemporary Ethiopian composers and their music: Asnakech Worku, Nuria Ahmed Shami Kalid A.K.A. Shamitu, Ezra Abate Iman, and Ashenafi Kebede. In: Ethiopia in broader perspective.Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Vol. III. Katsuyoshi Fukui, Eisei Kurimoto, Masayoshi Shigeta (eds.). Kyoto. 96-117.
  • Wedekind, Anne und Wedekind Klaus . Amharic stress (beat) rules of linguists, poets and singers. Which beat rules beat which? In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Vol. I. Bahru Zewde, Richard Pankhurst, Taddese Beyene (eds.). Institute of Etihopian Studies Addis Ababa University. 149-764.
  • Lewis, I.M. and M.H. Mukhtar. 1996. Songs from the South. In: Voice and Power, The culture of language in North-East Africa, Essay in Honour of B.W. Andrzejewski. Ed. R.J. Hayward and I.M. Lewis. London: SOAS.
  • Martin, György. 1987. Charakteristik und Typen äthiopischer Tänze. In: Musikkulturen in Afrika. Hrsg. Erich Stockmann. Berlin: Verlag Neue Musik. 225-281.
  • Mondon-Vidailhet, C. 1922. La musique éthiopienne. In: Encyclopédie de la musique et dictionnaire du conservatoire. Paris. part 1, vol. 5. 3179 – 3196.
  • Powne, Michael. 1968. Ethiopian music: An introduction. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Richter, Renate. 1993. Wachs und Gold in der äthiopischen Dichtung. In: IX. Afrikanistentag – Beiträge zur afrikanischen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft. Köln. 277-84.
  • Sàrosi, Bálin. 1967. The music of Ethiopian peoples. In: Studia Musicologica. t. 9, 9 – 20.
  • Sàrosi, Bálin. 1970. Melodic patterns in the folk music of the Ethiopian peoples. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa 1966 Vol. II.. Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Haile Selassie I University. Addis Abeba.
  • Schlee, Günther and Abdullahi A. Shongolo. 1996. Oromo nationalist poetry: Jarso Waaqo Qooto’s tape recording about political events in southern Oromia, 1991. In: Voice and Power, The culture of language in North-East Africa, Essay in Honour of B.W. Andrzejewski. R.J. Hayward and I.M. Lewis (eds.). London: SOAS.
  • Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. 1983. A new system of musical notation in Ethiopia. In: Ethiopian Studies Dedicated to Wolf Leslau. Stanislv Segert and András J. E. Bodroglieti (eds.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 571-82.
  • Suttner, K. 1967. Musique au royaume du Lion de Juda. In: The world of the music: an introduction. Berkley, 232 – 252.
  • Tesfaye Lemma. 1975. Ethiopian musical instruments, I. issue. Addis Abeba.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 1983. Museum Guide. Institute of Ethiopian Studies: Addis Ababa.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 1984. The Musik of the Shanqilla – Ethnomusicological field research Region Gojjam/Central Highland of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 1987. The similarities and differences of African musical Instruments in general and Ethiopian traditional instruments in particular. Addis Abeba.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 1994. Musik im Zentralen Hochland Äthiopiens. Dipl. (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Berlin.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 1995. Music in the Central Highland of Ethiopia. (translation of MA thesis) Humboldt University: Berlin.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2000. Die Zukunft der Masinqo in Äthiopien. In: 14th International Meeting, Markneukirchen 21. – 26. Juni 2000
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2001. Musik zu Hochzeiten bei den Amārā im Zentralen Hochland Äthiopiens. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2002. Historische Tonaufnahmen aus Axum-Äthiopien: Sammlung: Kaschke 1906.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2002. Ethnomusikologische Feldforschung in Harar/Südostäthiopien. In: Die Dimension der Bewegung in traditioneller Musik. Berichte aus dem ICTM Nationalkomitee Deutschland, Göttingen 16. – 17. Februar 2001 Band XI, Marianne Bröcker (Hrsg.). Bamberg 2002. 137 – 154.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2003. Historical Sound Recordings from Axum-Ethiopia: Collection: Kaschke 1906 (translation of Timkehet 2002) 2 volumes.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2003. Frauen in den Musiktraditionen Äthiopiens. In: Traditionelle Musik von/für Frauen. Berichte aus dem ICTM Nationalkomitee Deutschland, Köln 08. – 09. März 2002. Band XII, Marianne Bröcker (Hrsg.), Bamberg 2003. 45 – 58.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2003. Dienen und sich bedienen: Veränderungen im Musikleben der Stadt Addis Abeba seit 1974, In: Traditionnelle Musik und Mode(n). Berichte aus dem ICTM Nationalkomite Deutschland, Lüneburg 14. – 15. Februar 2003, Band XIII, Marianne Bröcker (Hrsg.), Bamberg 2004. 35 – 48.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2004. Historische Tonaufnahmen aus Abessinien: Sammlung: Rosen – 1905.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2005. Embilta playing in Ethiopia. ICTM Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments, Falun 14. – 18. August 2002. In: Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularix Band XV. Elanders Grafiska, Dan Lundberg and Gunnar Ternhag (eds.), Falun 2005. 133-142.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2005. Music, making music and dancing: Ethno-musicological observations in Meqelle/Tigray. In: Guandu Music Journal, 3 Taipei National University of the Arts, College of Music. 125 – 148.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2006. A Comprehensive Analysis of Sound Recordings from Axum, Ethiopia. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Hamburg, 20. – 25. Juli 2003. Siegbert Uhlig (Hrsg.); Harrassowitz Verlag: Wiesbaden. 485 – 495.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2005. Ethnomusicological Fieldwork in West- and South-Ethiopia. Academic Report for the UNESCO-NORWAY-Project; Funds-in-Trust Co-operation in the field of Culture; Project Title: Ethiopia: Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments: A Systematic Survey.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2006. Ethnomusicological Fieldwork in Tigray, North Ethiopia. Academic Report for the UNESCO-NORWAY-Project; Funds-in-Trust Co-operation in the field of Culture; Project Title: Ethiopia: Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments: A Systematic Survey.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2006. ‘‘Classical’’ Instruments in folk music and vice versa: The case of musical instruments in East Africa. In: ICTM Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments, Vilnius 5. – 8. April 2006, Folklore Studies Band XXXII. The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Rūta Žarskien (ed.). Vilnius. 36 – 49.
  • Timkehet Teffera. 2006. Fieldwork Experiences in East Africa (Ethnomusicology). In: IASA Journal 27, Juli 2006. Ilse Assmann (ed.). Johannesburg. 32 – 38.
  • Tourny, Olivier. 2006. Ethiopian Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments: A Systematic Survey. In: Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg July 20-25 2003. Siegbert Uhlig (ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. pp.507-512
  • Triulzi, Alessandro with Tamene Bitima. 1996. On some Masqala and Daboo sings of the Macca Oromo. in Voice and Power, The culture of language in North-East Africa, Essay in Honour of B.W. Andrzejewski. R.J. Hayward and I.M. Lewis (eds.). London: SOAS.
  • Woube Kassaye. 1997. An overview of recording and distribution of music in Ethiopia. In: Ethiopia in broader perspective. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Vol. III. Katsuyoshi Fukui. Eisei Kurimoto, Masayoshi Shigeta (eds.). Kyoto. 89-94.
  • Woube Kassaye. 2007. Analysis of the Harari/Aderi (Muslim Society) Music of Ethiopia. In: Conference on Music in the world of Islam. Assilah, 8-13 August, 2007.
  • Zenebe Bekele. 1987. Music in the Horn. A preliminary analytical approach to the study of Ethiopian music. Stockholm.

Literature in Amharic

  • ሰረጸ ገ/ጊዮርጊ. 1985. የጥላሁን ገሠሠ ጥበባዊ ሕይወት. ሉሲ (መጽሔት), ነሐሴ 1985. አዲስ አበባ.
    (Särtsä Gäbrä-Giyorgis. 1993. Yä-Ṭəlahun Gässäsä ṭəbäbawi həywät. In: Lusi, Juli 1993. 12-20.)