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The dancing chimpanzee:

a study of primitive music in relation to the vocalising and rhythmic action of apes
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Deutsch, 1967 - Music - 104 pages

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Contents

Introduction
9
HISTORICAL PRELUDE
17
THE PICTURE OF MAN
24
Copyright

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Leonard Williams
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TitleThe dancing chimpanzee: a study of primitive music in relation to the vocalising and rhythmic action of apes
AuthorLeonard Williams
PublisherDeutsch, 1967
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized15 Sep 2010
Length104 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Apes
Music
Music / Religious / Christian
Music, Primitive
Musical meter and rhythm
  
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