Banjo - Americas African Instrument

Informationen zum Autor Laurent Dubois is Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke University. Klappentext A biography of one of America's iconic folk instruments. Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Laurent Dubois, Dubois Laurent
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780674047846
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04784-6
• Seiten: 384
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Instrumentenkunde; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, Ethnic Studies, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Strings, Strings, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, String instruments, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General