The birth of the banjo : Joel Walker Sweeney and early minstrelsy /
"A professional banjo player, Joel Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, the book provides an overview of e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland,
[2007]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| Summary: | "A professional banjo player, Joel Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, the book provides an overview of early banjo music. An appendix contains a performance chronology"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 193 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786428748 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786428740 (softcover : alk. paper) |