Hearing the Future : : The Music and Magic of the Sanguma Band / / Denis Crowdy; ed. by Frederick Lau.

During the turbulent decades of the 1970s and 1980s, Papua New Guinea gained political independence from a colonial hold that had lasted almost a century. It was an exciting time for a diverse group of pioneering musicians who formed a band they named "Sanguma." These Melanesian artists he...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific
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Physical Description:1 online resource (198 p.) :; 25 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Musical Melanesian Way
  • 3 A Decade in the Sun
  • 4 The Sound of Sanguma
  • 5 Re-formation in the World Music Era
  • 6 From Heard Future to Sounding Present
  • 7 Coda
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author