The African Imagination in Music
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190263210 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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While traditional music, the backbone of Africa's musical thinking, receives the most attention, Agawu also supplies insights into popular and art music in order to demonstrate the breadth of the African musical imagination. In sections that focus upon rhythm, melody, form, and harmony, the essential parts of African music come into relief. In The African Imagination in Music, renowned music scholar Kofi Agawu offers an introduction to the major dimensions of this music and the values upon which it rests. Close readings of a variety of
He has taught and lectured at numerous universities in Africa, Europe and the United States. Agawu is currently a professor of music at Princeton University.. Dr. About the AuthorKofi Agawu was born in Ghana, West Africa where he received his initial education before studying in the UK and the US. Agawu is a wide-ranging scholar and author of numerous articles and books on musical semiotics, the analysis of music, and West African music, which include Playing with Signs: A Semiotic Interpretation of Classical Music (Princeton University Press, 1
Always a daunting task covering the widely diverse yet scarcely AMA-Inc Always a daunting task covering the widely diverse yet scarcely charted terrain that is Africa. However, in this seminal treatise, Dr. Agawu aptly updates the field of much needed literature relating to various performance practices and the emerging crop of African/neo-African composers. This is a must-have book for all students and scholars of modern musicology, composition, music education, etc., and lay readers
Kofi Agawu was born in Ghana, West Africa where he received his initial education before studying in the UK and the US. Agawu is currently a professor of music at Princeton University.. Dr. Agawu is a wide-ranging scholar and author of numerous articles and books on musical semiotics, the analysis of music, and W