An edition of The Birth of the Banjo (2007)
The birth of the banjo
Joel Walker Sweeney and early minstrelsy
By Bob Carlin
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Publish Date
2007
Publisher
McFarland,McFarland & Company
Language
eng
Pages
198
Description:
"A professional banjo player, Joel Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, the book provides an overview of early banjo music. An appendix contains a performance chronology"--Provided by publisher.
subjects: History, Banjoists, Minstrel shows, Banjo, Biography, Musicians, biography, Musicians, united states
People: J. W. Sweeny (1813-1860)
Places: United States