The Banjo
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism, Reference, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Laurent Dubois | ISBN: | 9780674968837 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Laurent Dubois |
| ISBN: | 9780674968837 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
