ISBN: 9780253318183 - dried millet breaking: time, words, and song in the woi epic of the kpelle (20 risultati)

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Cloth. Condizione: About Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket (as issued). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in tan cloth w/black dec and titles. About Fine w/owner name top page edge, else Fine and unmarked; No DJ, as issued. xvi, 150pp inc. References Cited, Index; illustrated in photos. 170 p. Book. …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine with no dust jacket. A study of the Woi Epic of the Keplle of Liberiam 150 pages. Name inked on free front endpage.; 6 x 9 1/4 ".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xvi,150 pp. From the Kpelle people of central Liberia. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Brown cloth boards are bright and intact.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 170pp hardback, beige cloth black-lettered, ownership signature.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 170 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorRuth M. StoneInhaltsverzeichnisPreface Acknowledgments Music Transcription Symbols and Kpelle Orthography Chapter 1 Battles That Never End Chapter 2 The Woi Epic Chapter 3 Dried.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Dried millet breaking,' sung by the bard at the end of one episode of this Woi epic of the Kpelle people of Liberia, represents a formula that breaks the flow of events and introduces the epic's complex temporal scaffolding. Examining the singing, narration, dramatic performance, instrumental accompaniment, and timing of the Woi epic, Ruth M. Stone reveals that the Kpelle show time flux through changing timbres, motion, and spatial metaphors in ways fundamentally different from those of much Western art music. In this illuminating study Stone moves beyond typical genre studies of African music to shed light on broader questions of music's relationship to areas of culture often ignored. …

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