Gabriele Zanetti: Note d’America — La storia degli strumenti a pizzico nella musica americana del XIX secolo

About this edition

Note d’America — La storia degli strumenti a pizzico nella musica americana del XIX secolo is Gabriele Zanetti’s study of plucked instruments in nineteenth-century American musical life. The book is written in Italian.

Its six chapters examine the banjo, mandolin and guitar movement; plucked instruments in America; musicians arriving from Europe; cultural exchanges and hybrid traditions; the development of an American musical history; and Latin influences. The volume includes a bibliography and an index of names.

The study considers instruments, performers and repertories within their historical and social contexts, tracing the connections between European traditions and American musical culture.