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Author Dubois, Laurent, 1971- author.

Title The banjo : America's African instrument / Laurent Dubois.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  787.88 DUBOIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  787.88 DUBOIS    Check Shelf
Description 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Sounding Africa -- The first African instrument -- Three leaves -- The sound of freedom -- The banjo meets blackface -- Rings like silver, shines like gold -- Black banjo -- Sounding America.
Subject Banjo -- History.
Banjo music -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
Music -- Social aspects -- United States.
Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music. (OCoLC)fst00799648
Banjo. (OCoLC)fst00826561
Banjo music. (OCoLC)fst00826572
Music. (OCoLC)fst01030269
Music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01030444
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780674047846 (alk. paper)
0674047842 (alk. paper)
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