Music of the Common Tongue Survival and Celebration in African American Music

Name: Music of the Common Tongue Survival and Celebration in African American Music
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ISBN: 9780819563576

ISBN-10: 0819563579

ISBN-13: 9780819563576

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Christopher Small

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In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life the African American tradition, that which stems from the collision between African and European ways of doing music which occurred in the Americas and the Caribbean during and after slavery, is the major western music of the twentieth century. In showing why this is so, the author presents not only an account of African American music from its origins but also a more general consideration of the nature of the music act and of its function in human life. The two streams of discussion occupy alternate chapters so that each casts light…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 3/31/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 509
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.298



Preface to the 1998 Edition



Introduction Africans



Europeans and the Making of Music



On the Ritual Performance



Rituals for Survival I



On Cultures and Their Fusion



Styles of Encounter I



On Values and Values



Rituals for Survival II



On Literacy and Nonliteracy



Styles of Encounter II



On Improvisation



Styles of Encounter III



On the Decline of a Music



Styles and Rituals



On Records and Rewards



Styles of Encounter IV



Confronting the Rational God



Index