Ring the Banjar!: The Banjo in America from Folklore to Factory
- ISBN-10
- 1574240161
- ISBN-13
- 9781574240160
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 101
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-10
- Publisher
- Centerstream Pub
- Author
- Robert Lloyd Webb
Description
(Banjo). 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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