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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

Gaddy, Kristina R.
Giddens, Rhiannon

Paperback

Black American HistoryGeneral SongbooksWorld Music

ISBN10: 1469690578
ISBN13: 9781469690575
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: Sep 16 2025
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.37 Width: 8.49 Depth: 10.83
Language: English

For the first time, this groundbreaking songbook collaboration by music writer Kristina R. Gaddy and Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens makes nineteen examples of early Black Atlantic music accessible and playable for today's musicians, music enthusiasts, and historians. Presenting music from 1687 through the 1860s in modern treble clef and banjo tablature, along with the rich stories behind each song, Gaddy and Giddens take readers on a journey from the Caribbean across the Americas.

Immensely readable for amateurs and professionals alike, Go Back and Fetch It explains the significance of early Black Atlantic music and how the patterns of tunings, melodic lines, and lyrics shed light on the impact that Black American music has had on nineteenth-century popular music, early country, old time, and bluegrass. Each tune pairs with an engaging essay on its historical background and how the tune transformed over time, as well as information about the collector. Deeply researched and carefully approached, this essential source restores the roots of Black music to the musical canon.

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