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Simha Arom
Sign in to saveFrench-Israeli ethnomusicologist recognized as a world expert on the music of central Africa
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Conte et chantefables ngbaka-ma'bo (République centrafricaine)
- La fanfare de Bangui
- Le ragioni della musica
- L'Enquête en ethnomusicologie
- African Polyphony and Polyrhythm
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Simha Arom (born 1930 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a French-Israeli ethnomusicologist who is recognized as an expert on the music of central Africa, especially that of Central African Republic. His books include African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology (1991) ISBN 0-521-24160-X. He also made some historical field recordings of the Aka Pygmy music. In 2008 he received the Fumio Koizumi Prize for ethnomusicology. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Simha+Arom">Read more on
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Düsseldorf
- Occupation
- researcher
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Simha Arom.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-08-16
- name in native language
- Simha Arom
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- Commons category
- Simha Arom
- P8168
- Pedro Fages
- described at URL
- comihistocnrs.hypotheses.org/2706
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