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Published by Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1998
ISBN 10: 0819563579ISBN 13: 9780819563576
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1. Publisher's glossy wraps. In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life the African American tradition, that which stems from the collision between African and European ways of doing music which occurred in the Americas and the Caribbean during and after slavery, is the major western music of the twentieth century. In showing why this is so, the author presents not only an account of African American music from its origins but also a more general consideration of the nature of the music act and of its function in human life. The two streams of discussion occupy alternate chapters so that each casts light on the other. The author offers also an answer to what the Musical Times called the "seldom posed though glaringly obtrusive" question: "why is it that the music of an alienated, oppressed, often persecuted black minority should have made so powerful an impact on the entire industrialized world, whatever the color of its skin or economic status?". Some underlining and marginal notes, else as new. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xi, 495 pp.
Published by University Press of New England for Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, New Hampshire and London, England, 1990
ISBN 10: 0819551228ISBN 13: 9780819551221
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xviii, 618 pp. LCC: 8921481 Very good condition; traces of wear on covers.
Published by Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1994
ISBN 10: 0819552712ISBN 13: 9780819552716
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine EX-LIBRARY. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England , 1994. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY, but without any library markings on the spine or covers. All text pages and illustrations are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1994. First Printing of the First Edition. Music Culture. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY/No dust jacket. 8vo. xviii, 246pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Published by Wesleyan University Press, at the University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire / London, England, 1990
ISBN 10: 0819552135ISBN 13: 9780819552136
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xi, 331 pp. LCC: 895458.
Published by University Press of New England, for Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, New Hampshire / London, England, 1993
ISBN 10: 0819552534ISBN 13: 9780819552532
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Wesleyan University Press. xii, 127 pp. Music / Culture. LCC: 9234289.
Published by Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990
ISBN 10: 0819521922ISBN 13: 9780819521927
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Just a trace of edge wear to both the book and the dust jacket. which is protected now in a new Myalr archival cover. Interesting critical notes/marginalia on several pages. No other writing in the book to indicate provenance.
Published by Wesleyan University Press/ Published by University Press of New England, Hanover, (New Hampshire), 1991
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Bottom of wraps and text block curling, modest rubbing on rear wrap, very good. James Tate won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the 1991 William Carlos Williams Award, for this collection.