This history of the banjo is a second edition of a publication originally published to coincide with a groundbreaking exhibition of the same name at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum. Includes information on the instrument's enduring popularity, the banjo makers of Boston, instruments from the exhibition, a glossary and bibliography of the banjo, and more.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
History? Well, not quite...,
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This review is from: Ring the Banjar: The Banjo in America from Folklore to Factory (Paperback)
I bought this book hoping it would be more of a textual history of the banjo in America -- its development, construction, artistry, and unique place in American history. This book is NOT a history of the banjo per se; it's the companion book to a museum exhibit that ran at MIT a number of years ago. As such, it does a competent job giving a very general overview of the history of the banjo -- without much detail -- with numbing descriptions of the banjo manufacturers featured in the exhibit. I'm sure it would've done the trick nicely for the exhibit, but there's not much meat for the bone if you're looking for a more comprehensive book. Nice pictures, though.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent resource for vintage banjo lovers,
This review is from: Ring the Banjar: The Banjo in America from Folklore to Factory (Paperback)
Among the very few available resources on early banjos I rank this book very highly.Essentially the catalog of the 1984 banjo exhibition at the MIT Museum, it presents Webb's informative and highly readable brief history of the banjo, and more. I love looking at the excellent photographs of early players, ephemera and banjos from the exhibition, but my favorite part of the book by far is Jim Bollman's information packed section entitled "The Banjomakers of Boston". This book has proven a reliable and surprisingly complete compilation of hard to find information. I highly recommend it to banjo collectors, historians, players of vintage banjos and anybody interested in the story of "America's instrument" and how it came to be.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must read.,
By Tyger Brand Banjos (tysupancic@loop.com) (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ring the banjar: The banjo in America from folklore to factory (Paperback)
Originally published in connection to an art show, this is a great overview of the artistic endeavors of the Boston area banjo manufacturers. Many beautiful illustrations and much information.
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New York, Bollman Collection, Vega Company, Civil War, Bay State, Ring the Banjar, Tremont Street, Fred Bacon, Washington Street, World War, Jim Crow, Los Angeles, Silver Chime, North Carolina, Old Black Joe, Oliver Ditson, Pete Seeger, San Francisco, Van Hagen, William Boucher, Frank Cole, Frank Proffitt, Gad Robinson, Haynes Company, Montana Collection New!
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How little we know the banjo! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
banjo player Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bollman Collection, Vega Company, Civil War, Bay State, Ring the Banjar, Tremont Street, Fred Bacon, Washington Street, World War, Jim Crow, Los Angeles, Silver Chime, North Carolina, Old Black Joe, Oliver Ditson, Pete Seeger, San Francisco, Van Hagen, William Boucher, Frank Cole, Frank Proffitt, Gad Robinson, Haynes Company, Montana Collection New!
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- Popular Music Hb (Media Focus) by Roger Thomas on page 34
- Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: BLACK FOLK MUSIC TO THE CIVIL WAR (Music in American Life) by Dena J. Epstein in Back Matter
- Classical Banjo by Kyle Datesman in Back Matter
- Tambo and Bones: A History of the American Minstrel Stage by Carl Frederick Wittke in Back Matter
- Rhode Island (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on page 50
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- America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Ninteenth Century by Philip F. Gura on 5 pages
- Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments: A Photographic History by George Gruhn in Back Matter
- Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist) by Philip D. Morgan on page 583
- American Folklore: An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by Jan Harold Brunvand on page 66
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