19th Century Music

Submitted by Dana on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 10:59am.
07/08/2010 - 1:59pm
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American music has much to do with our identity as a nation. More than just entertainment, music is connected with social conditions, emerging from the sea, from cotton fields, lumber camps, and kitchens. Twentieth century music: blues, country, swing, rock, gospel, folk all emerged from earlier forms such as hymns, minstrel tunes, sea chanteys, voyageur tunes, ragtime, and patriotic songs from the Civil War. Come hear history played live on the banjo and mandolin.
 
Eric Bye has a M.A. in French, Spanish, and German language and literature from the University of Vermont. A translator specializing in non-fiction books, he has translated more than a hundred texts from French, Spanish, and German into English. Bye has played, collected, and restored old five-string banjos since 1975. His musical interests include fretless banjos, tunes dating back to plantation days, and all types of traditional music: work songs, string and brass band music, and banjo orchestras.
 
This program is funded through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in the Keene Public Library Auditorium