On African music : techniques, influences, scholarship / Kofi Agawu. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agawu, V. Kofi (Victor Kofi), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Africa--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Written by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, this title is a collection of seven essays offering a wide-ranging discussion of the animating structures of African music while reflecting on the scholarship they have elicited.

Contents:

Cover

On African Music

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Minimalist Impulse

2. Iconicity in Musical Thought and Expression

3. Tonality as a Colonizing Force in Africa

4. African Pianism and the Challenge of Art Music

5. Rethinking Music Theory, with African Aid

6. Against Ethno-​Theory

7. African Rhythm Studies: A Historical Sketch and a Critique

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 26, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Agawu, Kofi On African Music

ISBN:

0-19-766410-5

0-19-766408-3

OCLC:

1378389242