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Music of the Common Tongue
Christopher Small
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Description for Music of the Common Tongue
Paperback. A magnificent book about Afro-American music and its impact on western culture. Race and Class" Series: Music Culture S. Num Pages: 509 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 620.
In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life the African American tradition, that which stems from the collision between African and European ways of doing music which occurred in the Americas and the Caribbean during and after slavery, is the major western music of the twentieth century. In showing why this is so, the author presents not only an account of African American music from its origins but also a more general consideration of the nature of the music act ... Read more
In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life the African American tradition, that which stems from the collision between African and European ways of doing music which occurred in the Americas and the Caribbean during and after slavery, is the major western music of the twentieth century. In showing why this is so, the author presents not only an account of African American music from its origins but also a more general consideration of the nature of the music act ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
509
Condition
New
Series
Music Culture S.
Number of Pages
509
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819563576
SKU
V9780819563576
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