Music of the common tongue : survival and celebration in African American music / Christopher Small.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Small, Christopher, 1927-2011.

Series:

Music/culture.

Music/culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

Music--United States--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (725 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""A magnificent book about Afro-American music and its impact on western culture. ""?Race and Class

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the 1998 Edition; Introduction; 1 Africans, Europeans and the Making of Music; 2 On the Ritual Performance; 3 Rituals for Survival I: An Extatic Delight in Psalmody; 4 On Cultures and Their Fusion; 5 Styles of Encounter I: A Need in White Culture; 6 On Value and Values; 7 Rituals for Survival II: The Sheer Power of Song; 8 On Literacy and Nonliteracy; 9 Styles of Encounter II: Adjusting to White Culture; 10 On Improvisation; 11 Styles of Encounter III: A Lot of Loving Going On; 12 On the Decline of a Music

13 Styles and Rituals: Wanting to be Part of That Music14 On Records and Rewards; 15 Styles of Encounter IV: A Very Satisfactory Black-Music Circle; 16 Confronting the Rational God; Index

Notes:

Originally published: London : J. Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press, 1987. With new pref.

"Wesleyan University Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613110299

9781283110297

1283110296

9780819572257

081957225X

9780585371245

0585371245

OCLC:

874047985