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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…

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...we may be able to prove conclusively that all men are born with potentially brilliant intellects...and that the source of cultural creativity…
We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more…
Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though…
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…
The ultimate aim of dancing is to be able to move without thinking, to be danced.

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Rob Mullins' musical abilities are unquestionable. — Hubert Laws
I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities. — Mary Timony
Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose… — Paul Bailey

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