The Banjo : America's African Instrument /

American slaves drew on memories of African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life, and its unmistakable sound remains v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dubois, Laurent (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Temas:
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Banjo music > History and criticism.
Banjo > History.
Music > Social aspects > United States.
Music > United States > History and criticism.
HISTORY / United States / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Sounding Africa
  • 2. The First African Instrument
  • 3. Three Leaves
  • 4. The Sound of Freedom
  • 5. The Banjo Meets Blackface
  • 6. Rings Like Silver, Shines Like Gold
  • 7. Black Banjo
  • 8. Sounding America
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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