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The banjo : music, history, and heritage

2023

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The banjo : music, history, and heritage / with Rhiannon Giddens.
Publisher, Date:	Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2023] Chantilly, VA : Wondrium, [2023]
Description:	2 videodiscs (approximately 237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video
Summary:	"In The Banjo: Music, History, and Heritage, you will explore the history of banjo music from African spirituals to jazz club standards to activist folk numbers. Taught by acclaimed musician and MacArthur grant recipient Rhiannon Giddens, the 10 jam-packed episodes take you across time and cultures to uncover the hidden history of a sonically rich American instrument."--Publisher's website.
Series:	Wondrium Wondrium (Series)
Subjects:	Banjo -- History. Music -- History and criticism.
Genre:	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Lectures.
Other Author:	Giddens, Rhiannon, 1977- lecturer.
Notes:	19 lectures and songs. "Course no. 30460"--Container Title from container. Lecturer: Rhiannon Giddens. DVD. Closed-captioned.
Contents:	Hearing the banjo's journey from Africa -- The banjo and the fiddle together -- Minstrel banjo -- The banjo in Ragtime and Jazz -- The Irish banjo -- The banjo's evolution in Ireland -- Migration, music, and commercialization -- The banjo in string bands and Bluegrass -- Banjo revival and our collective story -- Performance of "kitchen girl" with Enda Scahill -- Performance of "old corn likker" with Justin Robinson -- Performance of "better git yer learnin'".
ISBN:	9781644655122 1644655128
Publisher Number:	PD30460A ID30460A-01 30460
Other Number:	1390814982
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	1022792
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	GREAT DVD 787.8809 Banjo

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