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No one - Complete Recordings of the Zzxjoanw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilner, Brandon, Author.
- Smart, Willy, Author.
- 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:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- Standard Copyright.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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