Music in The Black Atlantic.

The article provides information on the evolution of European music. According to the author, music can be perceived as a drama created by the interaction of tonal and rhythmic motifs that typically has no explicit characteristic beyond the world of sound. The author suggests that the difference of...

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Publicado en:Philosophia Africana Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 23 - 31
Autor principal: Mosley, Albert
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Pennsylvania State University Press Mar2003
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Sumario:The article provides information on the evolution of European music. According to the author, music can be perceived as a drama created by the interaction of tonal and rhythmic motifs that typically has no explicit characteristic beyond the world of sound. The author suggests that the difference of European music from folk or popular music manifests the increasing separation of the modern elite from the group of laborers.