From timbuktu to the mississippi delta: how west african standards of aesthetics shaped the music of the delta blues
Auteur :
Thiam, Pascal Bokar
Éditeur :
Cognella, Inc
ISBN :
9781634871051
Date de publication :
30 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,7 x 1,0 cm
Poids :
525 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores how West African standards of aesthetics and sociocultural traits have moved into mainstream American culture and become social norms. The author explores why the identity of American music, with its majority population of European descent, has the musical textures, bent pitches, and blue notes of Africa.