Banjo Roots and Branches
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Banjo Roots and Branches by Robert B Winans
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.
Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize, American Musical Instrument Society, 2020
"Anyone with a strong interest in the early history of the banjo or in the broader history of American instrumental music in oral tradition will want a copy of this fine collectionAll the work is imaginative, careful, and thoroughly documented. The essays flow smoothly." --Western Folklore
"Banjo Roots and Branches is a comprehensively researched and pathbreaking piece of banjo roots scholarship. " --Music in American Life
"Inspired by Dena Epstein, this is the first book to use a holistic approach in exploring the history of the banjo; it is an excellent compilation of articles for those interested in the music of Africa and the Americas."--Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, author of Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures
"Winans makes a rich addition to the literature. Recommended." --Choice
"As far as I know this book has no real equivalents. Several of the essays are pioneering contributions to the esoteric but intriguing field of banjo research and folklore and ethnomusicology generally."--Robert S. Cantwell, author of Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound
"An excellent book with plenty of material for both specialist and casual readers." --Galpin Society Journal
"Roots and Branches collects an extraordinary amount of research into the ongoing discovery of the banjo's Byzantine history. . . .Each essay speaks directly to all others, lending the book an unusual level of cohesion for an edited volume." --The World of Music
"A significant contribution to our understanding of the history and current significance of the banjo." --Ethnomusicology
"Anyone with a strong interest in the early history of the banjo or in the broader history of American instrumental music in oral tradition will want a copy of this fine collectionAll the work is imaginative, careful, and thoroughly documented. The essays flow smoothly." --Western Folklore
"Banjo Roots and Branches is a comprehensively researched and pathbreaking piece of banjo roots scholarship. " --Music in American Life
"Inspired by Dena Epstein, this is the first book to use a holistic approach in exploring the history of the banjo; it is an excellent compilation of articles for those interested in the music of Africa and the Americas."--Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, author of Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures
"Winans makes a rich addition to the literature. Recommended." --Choice
"As far as I know this book has no real equivalents. Several of the essays are pioneering contributions to the esoteric but intriguing field of banjo research and folklore and ethnomusicology generally."--Robert S. Cantwell, author of Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound
"An excellent book with plenty of material for both specialist and casual readers." --Galpin Society Journal
"Roots and Branches collects an extraordinary amount of research into the ongoing discovery of the banjo's Byzantine history. . . .Each essay speaks directly to all others, lending the book an unusual level of cohesion for an edited volume." --The World of Music
"A significant contribution to our understanding of the history and current significance of the banjo." --Ethnomusicology
Robert B. Winans is a professor emeritus of American literature and folklore at Gettysburg College.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780252083600 |
| ISBN 10 | 0252083601 |
| Titre | Banjo Roots and Branches |
| Auteur | Robert B Winans |
| Série | Music In American Life |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | University of Illinois Press |
| Année de publication | 2018-08-15 |
| Nombre de pages | 360 |
| Prix | Winner of Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize, American Musical Instrument Society, 2020 2020 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |