Simultaneous multidimensionality in African music: musical cubism
Abstract
- Abstract
- "Simultaneous multidimensionality" names a condition prevalent in many African traditions of performance art in which music is coherent from different aural and kinesthetic perspectives at the same time. This changeable, plural quality is preset in composed musical works and, in musical performance, affects on-the-spot decisions. Simultaneously multidimensional music can have charismatic force that is capable of generating a transformative affective experience in knowing listeners. The quality of simultaneous multidimensionality warrants consideration as a fundamental dimension in a general theory of structure and aesthetics of African works of performance art.
Description
- Description
- pages: 8-37
Subjects
- Subject
- African Music
People & roles
- Author
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Locke, David L.
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Value Annotations
- Is Part Of
- Tufts University
Origins & context
- Title
- Simultaneous multidimensionality in African music: musical cubism
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- November 30, 2009
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-02e4
- Identifier
-
1826
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- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
Further details
- WissKI URL
- 80735