Roderic Knight
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Description: Professor of Ethnomusicology at Oberlin (USA) whose research interests include Mandinka drumming from West Africa and Javanese gamelan.
Roderic Knight, Africa, Gambia, Mande, Mandinka, kora, drumming, Tribal India, Pardhan, Muria, Baiga, MP Photo by Dale Preston Oberlin College Conservatory of Music I taught the ethnomusicology courses at Oberlin for 32 years, starting in 1976. I brought to Oberlin the Mandinka Ensemble, growing out of my research and music studies with the Mandinka people of Gambia. While at Oberlin I expanded my research interests to the peoples of Central India and introduced a performing group devoted to this subject as well. Information about these subjects is included below. A third area of interest has always been organology, or the scientific study of musical instruments. Upon my retirement I gave my instrument collection to the conservatory. With assistance from students in the organology seminar, 2007-08 and members of the library staff, the collection is now available online. In conjunction with the collection, I have created the Knight System for Musical Instrument Classification, and I maintain a blog about organology and the collection.
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| Date | activated: 11-Dec-1986 last updated: 10-Jul-2007 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |