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Hearing the future : the music and magic of the Sanguma band /

During the turbulent decades of the 1970s and 1980s, Papua New Guinea gained political independence from a colonial hold that had lasted almost a century. It was an exciting time for a diverse group of pioneering musicians who formed a band they named 'Sanguma'. These artists heard an imag...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crowdy, Denis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Series:Music and performing arts of Asia and the Pacific.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A musical Melanesian way
  • A decade in the sun
  • The sound of Sanguma
  • Reformation in the world music era
  • From heard future to sounding present
  • Coda.