Building New Banjos for an Old-Time World (Hardcover)

Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads "asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's sound and mystique. Richard Jones-Bamman ventures into workshops and old-time music communities to explore how banjo builders practice their art. His interviews and long-time personal immersion in the musical culture shed light on long-overlooked aspects of banjo making. What is the banjo builder's role in the creation of a specific musical community? What techniques go into the styles of instruments they create? Jones-Bamman explores these questions and many others while sharing the ways an inescapable sense of the past undergirds the performance and enjoyment of old-time music. Along the way he reveals how antimodernism remains integral to the music's appeal and its making.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Folklore Studies in Multicultural World
Release date:	September 2017
Authors:	Richard Jones-Bamman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-04130-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > General Promotions
LSN:	0-252-04130-5
Barcode:	9780252041303

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