The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches, Robert B. Winans presents cutting-edge scholarship that covers the instrument's West African origins and its adaptations and circulation in the Caribbean and United States. The contributors provide detailed ethnographic and technical research on gourd lutes and ekonting in Africa and the banza in Haiti while also investigating tuning practices and regional playing styles. Other essays place the instrument within the context of slavery, tell the stories of black banjoists, and shed light on the banjo's introduction into the African- and Anglo-American folk milieus.
Wide-ranging and illustrated with twenty color images, Banjo Roots and Branches offers a wealth of new information to scholars of African American and folk musics as well as the worldwide community of banjo aficionados.
Contributors: Greg C. Adams, Nick Bamber, Jim Dalton, George R. Gibson, Chuck Levy, Shlomo Pestcoe, Pete Ross, Tony Thomas, Saskia Willaert, and Robert B. Winans.
| ISBN: | 9780252041945 |
| Publication date: | 15th August 2018 |
| Author: | Robert B Winans |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Music in American Life |
| Genres: |
Theory of music and musicology Traditional and folk music Musical instruments |
The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches, Robert B.
Banjo Roots and Branches features in the following genres: Theory of music and musicology, Traditional and folk music, Musical instruments
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Banjo Roots and Branches was written by Robert B Winans and published by University of Illinois Press
Banjo Roots and Branches has 344 pages
Yes it is part of Music in American Life series