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African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 261 pages
  • Publisher: Chicago University Press; New edition edition (1 Oct 1981)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0226103455
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226103457
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 515,458 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Explores the nature of African music and its importance within the flow of African social life, focusing on the reliance of African musicians on music to articulate their philosophical and religious heritage.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece in analytical cultural exploration, 23 Mar 1999
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What begins as a primer in African polyrhythm becomes a spiritual quest to understand culture and humanity. Don't skip the endnotes in this impassioned examination of musical tonality and rhythm. Forging a tentative balance between scholarship and interpretation, Chernoff's book addresses the subconscious dynamics of culture, and unwittingly explains "race" more convincingly than the agitprop self-promoters whose explicit goal is to deconstruct the historical consciences of Africans and Europeans.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Full of evaluation and a wonder into the culture, 3 April 2001
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This review is from: African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms (Hardcover)
Very interesting, its not as think as you think! Its very specialised, for interest but not a good research tool. Sociology! bah.

It CD takes extracts of particalar music extracts. I think they are too short as its not really an indication.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Classics, 14 April 1999
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This is a remarkable work that fits African music into its cultural context and is consistently provocative and enlightening. It's a world music classic, along with such studies as "The Latin Tinge," "The Brazilian Sound" and "Catch a Fire."
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