The Banjo: America's African Instrument

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Illustrated
2016
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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 versatile and enduring today, Laurent Dubois shows.

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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 versatile and enduring today, Laurent Dubois shows.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 384
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 15 Mar 2016
ISBN 10: 0674047842
ISBN 13: 9780674047846

The Banjo: America's African Instrument

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