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The Banjo Goes Highbrow by Douglas Back
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fave it Traditional | Western European
15 tracks | 55 minutes
Released Nov 2005
on Belmando Productions
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Banjo music as it would have been heard in the concert halls and salons of Victorian America. Douglas Back plays the repertoire and classical arrangements of the great virtuoso classic banjoists of yesteryear, Farland, Bacon, Van Eps, and Hunter.
Bio / Background
THE BANJO GOES HIGHBROW-Douglas Back-classic 5-string banjo
The Banjo Goes Highbrow is a highly entertaining and unique CD featuring classical arrangements and characteristic works for banjo as were typically performed in the concert halls and parlor rooms during the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
While classical music on the banjo may seem somewhat of a novelty today, this has not always been the case. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in an effort to elevate the banjo from its rather crude mid 19th century minstrel show associations, banjoists developed a repertoire that included everything from arrangements of operatic overtures to transcriptions of virtuoso violin works. Between the years 1880 and 1915, more than 10,000 compositions and arrangements were published in the United States and in England for what is now referred to as the "classic 5-string fingerstyle banjo.
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