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No one - Complete Recordings of the Zzxjoanw.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilner, Brandon, Author.
Smart, Willy, Author.
Contributor:
Library Stack, distributor.
Series:
Fake Music Re-Anticipations ; 20
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Art and music.
Artists' writings.
Artists' Writing.
Genre:
Tracts (Ephemera)
Pamphlets.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified], Fake Music, 2017.
Summary:
"In 1903, novelist, film director, and anti-communist Robert Hughes published ​The Musical Encyclopedia​, a broad survey of the pronunciation and definition of terms from classical music. Throughout editions printed between 1903 and 1954, the encyclopedia's ultimate term is "Zzxjoanw." Purportedly a Maori word, zzxjoanw means, according to the 1903 edition, alternately a "drum," "fife," or "conclusion." In any case, zzxjoanw conjures a sound, even if a receding sound..."-- provided by distributor.
Notes:
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Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
Access Restriction:
Unrestricted online access

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