About Paul Berliner
Born 1946. Paul Berliner is an American and British ethnomusicologist, musicologist, university teacher, percussionist and musician.
Paul Franklin Berliner (born 1946)
Publications The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1978. . Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. . The Art of Mbira: Musical Inheritance and Legacy Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019. . Mbira’s Restless Dance: An Archive of Improvisation Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. .
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Who is Paul Berliner?
American ethnomusicologist
When was Paul Berliner born?
Paul Berliner was born in 1946.
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Paul Berliner is an ethnomusicologist, musicologist, university teacher, percussionist and musician.
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Paul Berliner is American and British.
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