4. African Pianism

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4 avril 2013

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Institut français de recherche en Afrique

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Nigeria musique musicologie musicology music Nigeria Music History PER000000 AP

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Spinet (Piano) Grand piano Fortepiano Spinnet (Piano) Upright piano Pianoforte Concert grand (Piano) Serious music Musical compositions Art music Musical works Classical music Western music (Western countries) Art music, Western Western art music

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Bode Omojola, « 4. African Pianism », Institut français de recherche en Afrique, ID : 10.4000/books.ifra.611

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For those composers interested in cross-cultural musical synthesis (there is) a... line of evolution in the use of the Western pianoforte in combination with African drums and other instruments of percussion. The piano already displays certain affinities with African music, and by creating a type of African Pianism to blend with African instruments it should be possible to achieve a successful fusion. The piano first appeared in Nigeria in the middle of the nineteenth century and since then h...

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