America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century

by Philip F. Gura and James F. Bollman

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This handsome illustrated history traces the transformation of the banjo from primitive folk instrument to sophisticated musical machine and, in the process, offers a unique view of the music business in nineteenth-century America.

Philip Gura and James Bollman chart the evolution of "America's instrument," the five-stringed banjo, from its origins in the gourd instruments of enslaved Africans brought to the New World in the seventeenth century...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807824844

ISBN13:9780807824849

Release Date:September 1999

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:3.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 7.3" x 11.0"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Bluegrass Country Folk & Traditional History Music Musical Genres Strings

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