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From Oud to Uke: A Lute by Any Other Name....
- From Oud to Uke: A Lute by Any Other Name
- Calling a Fiddle a Lute: The Hornbostel-Sachs System for the Classification of Musical Instruments
- Pandoura: The Greco-Roman Lute of Antiquity
- The English Zither-Banjo
Note: In all my writings, I use the generic abbreviations BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era) as historic dating suffixes.
Don't You Remember The Time?
(Freeny's Barn Dance Band, Mississippi,
OKeh Records, 1930)
A Great Day on the Brooklyn Bridge
(or How Jack Hirschorn Became "The Mayor of Old-Time Music in New York City")The Fatal Dance (or An Adventure of Bob Guida, "The Singing Undertaker")
Remembering Lou: Louis Giampetruzzi (1953-2006)
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Above is an index of essays and articles which I've written on a variety of subjects. Click on an underlined title to go its given piece.
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-- Shlomo Pestcoe
Illustration Credits:
- Young women with 5-string banjo and guitar. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1880s (Collection of
Shlomo Pestcoe)
