| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 495 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Music/culture
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Music/culture.
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| Note |
Originally published: London : J. Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press, 1987. With new preface. |
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"Wesleyan University Press." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Africans, Europeans and the making of music -- On the ritual of performance -- Rituals for survival I: an extatic delight in psalmody -- On cultures and their fusion -- Styles of encounter I: a need in white culture -- On value and values -- Rituals for survival II: the sheer power of song -- On literacy and nonliteracy -- Styles of encounter II: adjusting to white culture -- On improvisation -- Styles of encounter III: a lot of loving going on -- On the decline of a music -- Styles and rituals: wanting to be part of that music -- On records and rewards -- Styles of encounter IV: a very satisfactory black-music circle -- Confronting the rational God. |
| Summary |
""A magnificent book about Afro-American music and its impact on western culture. ""?Race and Class. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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United States. |
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Music -- Social aspects.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Small, Christopher, 1927- Music of the common tongue. Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, ©1998 0819563579 (DLC) 98023578 (OCoLC)39007247 |
| ISBN |
0585371245 (electronic book) |
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9780585371245 (electronic book) |
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0819563579 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780819563576 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1283110296 |
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9781283110297 |
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9786613110299 |
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6613110299 |
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081957225X |
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9780819572257 |
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9780819572257 |
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