| Description |
xiii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Cambridge companions to music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. I. New guitar histories and world traditions. Picking through cultures: a guitarist's music history / Victor Anand Coelho -- Flamenco guitar: history, style, status / Peter Manuel -- The Celtic guitar: crossing cultural boundaries in the twentieth century / Christopher J. Smith -- African reinventions of the guitar / Banning Eyre. pt. II. Jazz, roots, and rock. The guitar in jazz / Graeme M. Boone -- A century of blues guitar / Jas Obrecht -- The turn to noise: rock guitar from the 1950s to the 1970s / Steve Waksman -- Contesting virtuosity: rock guitar since 1976 / Steve Waksman -- The guitar in country music / Gordon Ross. pt. III. Baroque and classical guitar today. Radical innovations, social revolution, and the baroque guitar / Craig H. Russell -- Perspectives on the classical guitar in the twentieth century / David Tanenbaum -- Antonio Stradivari and baroque guitar making / Stewart Pollens. |
| Summary |
This work encompasses the breadth and depth of guitar performance, featuring 13 essays covering different traditions, styles, and instruments, written by some of the most influential players, teachers, and guitar historians in the world. |
| Subject |
Guitar.
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Guitar. |
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Guitar -- Performance.
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Guitar -- Performance. |
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Guitare. |
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Guitare -- Exécution. |
| Added Author |
Coelho, Victor.
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| ISBN |
0521801923 |
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9780521801928 |
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0521000408 (paperback) |
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9780521000406 (paperback) |
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