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UNINA9910782841103321 |
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Autore |
Noonan Jeffrey |
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Titolo |
The guitar in America [[electronic resource] ] : Victorian era to jazz age / / Jeffrey J. Noonan |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48470-2 |
9786612484704 |
1-60473-302-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Collana |
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American made music series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Guitar - United States - History |
Guitarists - United States |
Guitar music - United States - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222), discography (p. 223-225), and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Guitar in America to 1880; Chapter Two: Interlude: The BMG Movement-The Sources; Chapter Three: The Guitar in the BMG Movement 1880-1900; Chapter Four: Interlude: A New Generation of Guitarists; Chapter Five: Transitions: From the Parlor to the Concert Hall; Chapter Six: Interlude: The Guitar as Icon; Chapter Seven: A New Instrument; Chapter Eight: Interlude: The Wizard and The Grand Lady; Chapter Nine: The Old World Reclaims Its Instrument; Chapter Ten: Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Works Cited; Discography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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