| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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American made music series |
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American made music series.
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| Contents |
The guitar in America to 1880 -- Interlude : the BMG movement--the sources -- The guitar in the BMG movement 1880-1900 -- Interlude : a new generation of guitarists -- Transitions : from the parlor to the concert hall -- Interlude : the guitar as icon -- A new instrument -- Interlude : the wizard and the grand lady -- The old world reclaims its instrument -- Summary and conclusions |
| Summary |
The Guitar in America offers a history of the instrument from America\'s late Victorian period to the Jazz Age. The narrative traces America\'s BMG (banjo, mandolin, and guitar) community, a late nineteenth-century musical and com-mercial movement dedicated to introducing these instru-ments into America\'s elite musical establishments. Using surviving BMG magazines, the author details an almost unknown history of the guitar during the movement\'s heyday, tracing the guitar\'s transformation from a refined parlor instrument to a mainstay in jazz and popular music. In the process, he not only in |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222), discography (p. 223-225) , and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Guitar -- United States -- History
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Guitarists -- United States.
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Guitar music -- United States -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Guitar.
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Guitar
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Guitar music
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Guitarists
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781604733020 |
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1604733020 |
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1282485547 |
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9781282485549 |
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