Author: Frederic William Naylor BayleyPublisher: London : W. Kidd ; Dublin : W.F. Wakeman ; Edinburgh : A. Black ; Glasgow : R. and J. Finlay
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Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Four Years' Residence in the West Indies
Author: Frederic William Naylor BayleyPublisher: London : W. Kidd ; Dublin : W.F. Wakeman ; Edinburgh : A. Black ; Glasgow : R. and J. Finlay
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Five Years' Residence in the West Indies
Author: Charles William DayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Indies, British
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Bibliography of the West Indies (excluding Jamaica)
Author: Institute of Jamaica. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Catalogue of Books on Latin America
Author: Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, N.Y.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Catalogue of Books in the Mercantile Library, of the City of New York
Author: Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Colonial Administration, 1800-1900
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance of the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
The Trinidad and Tobago Yearbook
Author: Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
The Banjo
Author: Laurent DuboisPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674968832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The banjo has been called by many names over its history, but they all refer to the same sound—strings humming over skin—that has eased souls and electrified crowds for centuries. The Banjo invites us to hear that sound afresh in a biography of one of America’s iconic folk instruments. Attuned to a rich heritage spanning continents and cultures, Laurent Dubois traces the banjo from humble origins, revealing how it became one of the great stars of American musical life. In the seventeenth century, enslaved people in the Caribbean and North America drew on their memories of varied African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a much-needed sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life. White musicians took up the banjo in the nineteenth century, when it became the foundation of the minstrel show and began to be produced industrially on a large scale. Even as this instrument found its way into rural white communities, however, the banjo remained central to African American musical performance. Twentieth-century musicians incorporated the instrument into styles ranging from ragtime and jazz to Dixieland, bluegrass, reggae, and pop. Versatile and enduring, the banjo combines rhythm and melody into a single unmistakable sound that resonates with strength and purpose. From the earliest days of American history, the banjo’s sound has allowed folk musicians to create community and joy even while protesting oppression and injustice.