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On African Music
Techniques, Influences, Scholarship
Taschenbuch von Kofi Agawu
Sprache: Englisch

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Written by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, On African Music is a collection of seven essays offering a wide-ranging discussion of the animating structures of African music while reflecting on the scholarship they have elicited.
Written by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, On African Music is a collection of seven essays offering a wide-ranging discussion of the animating structures of African music while reflecting on the scholarship they have elicited.
Über den Autor
Kofi Agawu is Distinguished Professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and previously taught at Princeton University, Yale University, Cornell University, and King's College London. His books include Playing with Signs (1991), African Rhythm (1996), Music as Discourse (2008) and The African Imagination in Music (2016). He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1991), the Dent Medal (1992), and the Harrison Medal (2009). He was Music Theorist in Residence for the Dutch-Flemish Music Theory Society in 2008-09 and George Eastman Visiting Professor at Oxford University in 2012-13. A Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is also Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Member of the Royal Musical Association.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1. The minimalist impulse

  • 2. Iconicity in musical thought and expression

  • 3. Tonality as a colonizing force

  • 4. African pianism and the challenge of art music

  • 5. Rethinking music theory, with African aid

  • 6. Against ethno-theory

  • 7. African rhythm studies: A sketch and a critique

  • Epilogue

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 232
ISBN-13: 9780197664070
ISBN-10: 0197664075
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Agawu, Kofi
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 236 x 158 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Kofi Agawu
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,358 kg
preigu-id: 126787883
Über den Autor
Kofi Agawu is Distinguished Professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and previously taught at Princeton University, Yale University, Cornell University, and King's College London. His books include Playing with Signs (1991), African Rhythm (1996), Music as Discourse (2008) and The African Imagination in Music (2016). He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1991), the Dent Medal (1992), and the Harrison Medal (2009). He was Music Theorist in Residence for the Dutch-Flemish Music Theory Society in 2008-09 and George Eastman Visiting Professor at Oxford University in 2012-13. A Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is also Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Member of the Royal Musical Association.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1. The minimalist impulse

  • 2. Iconicity in musical thought and expression

  • 3. Tonality as a colonizing force

  • 4. African pianism and the challenge of art music

  • 5. Rethinking music theory, with African aid

  • 6. Against ethno-theory

  • 7. African rhythm studies: A sketch and a critique

  • Epilogue

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 232
ISBN-13: 9780197664070
ISBN-10: 0197664075
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Agawu, Kofi
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 236 x 158 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Kofi Agawu
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,358 kg
preigu-id: 126787883
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