Music of the common tongue : survival and celebration in African American music /

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""A magnificent book about Afro-American music and its impact on western culture. ""?Race and Class

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Small, Christopher, 1927-2011
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, ©1998.
Series:Music/culture.
Subjects:
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Music > United States > History and criticism.
Music > Social aspects.
Musique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Aspect social.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
African Americans > Music.
Music
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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