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Author Agawu, Kofi

Title The African Imagination in Music
Published Oxford University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (389 pages)
Contents Cover; The African Imagination in Music; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction; 1. Music and/​in Society; 2. Musical Instruments; 3. Language and/​in Music; 4. The Rhythmic Imagination; 5. The Melodic Imagination; 6. The Formal Imagination; 7. Harmony, or Simultaneous Doing; 8. Appropriating African Music; Discography; Videography; Bibliography; Index
Summary The African Imagination in Music offers a fresh introduction to the vast and complex world of Sub-Saharan African music. Through close readings of traditional music and references to popular music, Agawu considers topics including the place of music in society, musical instruments, language and music, and appropriations of African music
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190263225
0190263229