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Victor Kofi Agawu (born 28 September 1956) is Ghanaian musicologist and music theorist. He often publishes as V. Kofi Agawu and specializes in musical semiotics and ethnomusicology. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY. (en) |
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Guggenheim Fellowship, the Dent Medal, the Frank Llewellyn Harrison Medal, the Howard T. Behrman Award from Princeton University, and honorary degrees from Stellenbosch University and Bard College (en) |
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Ghana (en) |
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Musicologist and music theorist (en) |
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Professor (en) |
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Music analysis, musical semiotics, African music, postcolonial theory (en) |
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Kofi Agawu (en) |
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The African Imagination in Music , Music as Discourse: Semiotic Adventures in Romantic Music , Representing African Music: Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions , African Rhythm: A Northern Ewe Perspective , Playing with Signs: A Semiotic Interpretation of Classic Music (en) |
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Professor of Music (en) |
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Distinguished Professor (en) |
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Victor Kofi Agawu (born 28 September 1956) is Ghanaian musicologist and music theorist. He often publishes as V. Kofi Agawu and specializes in musical semiotics and ethnomusicology. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY. (en) |
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