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African Rhythm and African Sensibility
John Miller Chernoff
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Description for African Rhythm and African Sensibility
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 plates. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics. --Andrew Tracey, African Music John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing, and his first-person narratives should be easily understood by any reader, while ringing unmistakably true for the reader who has also been to West Africa. --Roderick Knight, Washington Post Book World Ethnomusicologists must be proud that their discipline has produced a book that will, beyond doubt, rank as a classic of African studies. --Peter Fryer, Research in ... Read more
We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics. --Andrew Tracey, African Music John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing, and his first-person narratives should be easily understood by any reader, while ringing unmistakably true for the reader who has also been to West Africa. --Roderick Knight, Washington Post Book World Ethnomusicologists must be proud that their discipline has produced a book that will, beyond doubt, rank as a classic of African studies. --Peter Fryer, Research in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226103457
SKU
V9780226103457
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