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The guitar in America Victorian era to jazz age / Jeffrey J. Noonan.
| Author/creator | Noonan, Jeffrey |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2008. |
| Description | viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | American made music series American made music series. ^A386424 |
| Contents | The guitar in America to 1880 -- Interlude : the BMG movement--the sources -- The guitar in the BMG movement 1880-1900 -- Interlude : a new generation of guitarists -- Transitions : from the parlor to the concert hall -- Interlude : the guitar as icon -- A new instrument -- Interlude : the wizard and the grand lady -- The old world reclaims its instrument -- Summary and conclusions. |
| Abstract | This book offers a history of the instrument from the late Victorian period to the Jazz Age. The opening chapter traces the guitar's use in this country from the colonial era up to the 1880s. The narrative continues with the BMG (banjo, mandolin, and guitar) community, a late nineteenth-century musical and commercial movement dedicated to introducing these instruments into elite musical establishments. This volume opens a new chapter on the guitar in the United States, considering its cultivated past and documenting how banjoists and mandolinists aligned their instruments to it in an effort to raise social and cultural standing. At the same time, the book considers the BMG community within the nation's larger musical scene, examining the community's efforts as manifestations of the country's uneasy coupling of musical art and commerce. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222), discography (pages 223-225), and index. |
| LCCN | 2007021095 |
| ISBN | 9781934110188 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1934110183 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1015.G9 N66 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |