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Picturing the Banjo
Picturing the Banjo
Author: Leo G. Mazow
The history of the banjo is as haunting as its music. Made popular in minstrel shows of the nineteenth century, the "banjar" derives from the stringed gourd instrument African slaves brought with them to plantations in the Caribbean and American South. From minstrelsy to the folk music revival of the twentieth century, the banjo has continued to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780271027104
ISBN-10: 027102710X
Publication Date: 12/30/2005
Pages: 179
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Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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