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Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series) PAP/COM Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0195145007
ISBN-10: 0195145003
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Product Details

  • Series: Global Music Series
  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; PAP/COM edition (August 5, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195145003
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195145007
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.5 x 5.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsParts and wholes
By Mark A. Leach on August 17, 2004
Format: Hardcover
This is an initial impression, after having read this short paperback in the last few hours. First, the various titles in this series (Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture) seem directed at very different audiences with very different levels of musical sophistication, in spite of the uniformity implied by the grouping as a series. The volumes Music in South India (or Music in North India), for instance, could be used with music majors in college, while the present volume and its companion volume Music in East Africa seem more directed at high school students or perhaps college undergrads with more of an anthropological bent. However, that is just to say that different people will write different books, series or not, and the present text is in fact a finely written and informative book. But it is frustrating to find a volume titled Music in West Africa when the text is entirely about the Kpelle in Liberia. It is as if a book titled Music in North America actually only treated music in the south side of Chicago. A more general survey, though such might seem quite unfashionable in the very highly specialized world of ethnomusicology, would be most welcome.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe foundations of regional West African sound
By D. Donovan on August 29, 2004
Format: Paperback
Ruth Stone provides a narrowed and scholarly focus in chapters which consider call and response patterns, layered tones in vocal structures, and underlying polyrhythms, using specific quotes and examples from Liberia's Kpelle performers.

Intended as a case-study volume for college-level users referencing the Global Music Series master volume THINKING MUSICALLY.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMusic in West Africa
By ben on June 18, 2012
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This book came with no CD so I am not able to enjoy the reading because I need the CD to listen as part of my reading project. I am very disappointed
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5.0 out of 5 starsThank you!
By Kimberly on October 4, 2015
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Fast shipping, good product. Would buy from again. Thank you!
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