Word: shelemay
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Instead, Shelemay, who teaches courses on African music and the musical life of urban areas says she "will sing only when the recording does not work...
...Shelemay specializes in ethnomusicology, which is the study of music in its broadest cultural and historical context. She has investigated the musical traditions of Ethiopian religious music--both Christian and Jewish--and is currently investigating the ritual music of Brooklyn's community of Syrian Jews...
...native of Texas, Shelemay began the switch from vocal performance to musicology as a graduate student at the University of Michigan in the early...
...traveled to Jerusalem to study the languages of Ethiopia in preparation for her analysis of Ethiopia music. After learning three languages--Geez, Amharic and Hebrew--Shelemay set off for Addis Ababa...
...months after her arrival in Ethiopia, a military revolution ousted Ethiopia's royal dictators. Although most academics were forced to leave the country, Shelemay says she, as a scholar of music, was able to stay because, "They didn't think I was much of a threat...