The guitar and the new world : a fugitive history

The guitar and the new world : a fugitive history / Joe Gioia ; production by Diane Ganeles ; marketing by Kate McDonnell.

The American guitar, that lightweight wooden box with a long neck, hourglass figure, and six metal strings, has evolved over five hundred years of social turmoil to become a nearly magical object--the most popular musical instrument in the world. In The Guitar and the New World, Joe Gioia offers a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gioia, Joe, 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Ganeles, Diane (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, New York : Excelsior Editions, 2013.
Series:SUNY series in Italian/American culture.
Subjects:
Pan-American Exposition > (1901 : > Buffalo, N.Y.)
Pan-American Exposition
Music > Social aspects > United States > History.
Guitar makers > United States.
Italian Americans.
Blues musicians > United States.
Blues musicians
Guitar makers
Italian Americans
Music > Social aspects
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Mascalzoni
  • The Temple of Music
  • Hey-Hey
  • The Shadows of Certain Sounds
  • Blue Devils
  • The New World
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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