We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural development represent a real advance in human sensitivity, or is it chiefly a diversion for elites and a weapon of class exploitation?
The ultimate aim of dancing is to be able to move without thinking, to be danced. - John Blacking
The ultimate aim of dancing is to be able to move without thinking, to be danced.
- John Blacking
We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Doe… - John Blacking
We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Doe…
Tshikona is lwa-ha-masia-khali-i-tshi-vhila, "the time when people rush to the scene of the dance and leave their pots to boil over." Tshikona "makes… - John Blacking
Tshikona is lwa-ha-masia-khali-i-tshi-vhila, "the time when people rush to the scene of the dance and leave their pots to boil over." Tshikona "makes…
...we may be able to prove conclusively that all men are born with potentially brilliant intellects...and that the source of cultural creativity is t… - John Blacking
...we may be able to prove conclusively that all men are born with potentially brilliant intellects...and that the source of cultural creativity is t…
Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may seem to him… - John Blacking
Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may seem to him…
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