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Laurent Dubois, Dubois Laurent

Banjo - Americas African Instrument

English · Hardback

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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.

Product details

Authors	Laurent Dubois, Dubois Laurent
Publisher	Harvard University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	31.03.2016

EAN	9780674047846
ISBN	978-0-674-04784-6
No. of pages	384
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous USA, Ethnic Studies, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Strings, Strings, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, String instruments, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General

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