Music of the common tongue [electronic resource] : survival and celebration in African American music / Christopher Small.
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- ISBN: 0585371245 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780585371245 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0819563579 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780819563576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 495 p.)
- Publisher: Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, c1998.
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| General Note: | Available through EBSCO Originally published: London : J. Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press, 1987. With new preface. "Wesleyan University Press." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Africans, Europeans and the making of music -- On the ritual of performance -- Rituals for survival I: an extatic delight in psalmody -- On cultures and their fusion -- Styles of encounter I: a need in white culture -- On value and values -- Rituals for survival II: the sheer power of song -- On literacy and nonliteracy -- Styles of encounter II: adjusting to white culture -- On improvisation -- Styles of encounter III: a lot of loving going on -- On the decline of a music -- Styles and rituals: wanting to be part of that music -- On records and rewards -- Styles of encounter IV: a very satisfactory black-music circle -- Confronting the rational God. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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