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A Language of Song Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora.

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In A Language of Song, Samuel Charters-one of the pioneering collectors of African American music-writes of a trip to West Africa where he found "a gathering of cultures and a continuing history that lay behind the flood of musical expression [he] encountered everywhere . . . from Brazil to Cub...

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Main Author: duCille, Ann (auth)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Charters, Samuel (auth)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Duke University Press 2009.
Subjects:
Charters, Samuel, > 1929-2015 > Travel.
Music > United States > African influences.
Music > Latin America > African influences.
Musique > États-Unis > Influence africaine.
Musique > Amérique latine > Influence africaine.
Light orchestral & big band music.
Theory of music & musicology.
Blues
Ethnomusicology
Genres & Styles
Music
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