America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century by Philip F. Gura

America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century

Philip F. Gura

400 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction music informative medium-paced
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This handsome illustrated history traces the transformation of the banjo from primitive folk instrument to sophisticated musical machine and, in the process, offers a unique view of the music business in nineteenth-century America. Philip Gura and...

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