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![America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century by Philip F. Gura](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCTGxvUEFFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f4dc6a57da7cdd8d84b7df747079a126c836160f/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/America's%20Instrument-%20The%20Banjo%20in%20the%20Nineteenth-Century.jpg)
400 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780807824849
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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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![America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century by Philip F. Gura](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCTGxvUEFFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f4dc6a57da7cdd8d84b7df747079a126c836160f/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/America's%20Instrument-%20The%20Banjo%20in%20the%20Nineteenth-Century.jpg)
400 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780807824849
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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...