During the nineteenth century child musicians could be seen performing in the streets of cities across Europe and North America. Although they came from a number of countries, Italians were most associated with street music. In The Little Slaves of the Harp John Zucchi tells the story of the thousands of Italian children who were indentured to padrone and then uprooted from their villages in central and southern Italy and taken to Paris, London, and New York to perform as barrel-organists, harpists, violinists, fifers, pipers, and animal exhibitors.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 362.7/99
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- e-fr---
- ISBN
- 9780773563261 0773508902
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- HD6231
- LCCN Item number
- Z85 1992eb
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- 1 electronic text (viii, 208 p., [8] p. of plates)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200658 (CaBNVSL)slc00200658 (CaBNVSL) (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)243568870 (CaOOCEL)400410
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Maps 10
- Introduction 20
- 1 Emigration and the Street Music Trade 34
- 2 "Les Petits Italiens" in Paris 59
- 3 "The Organ Boys" in London 101
- 4 "The Little Slaves" in New York 144
- 5 Italian Legislation, 1868–1873 177
- 6 Conclusion 197
- Appendix A 205
- Appendix B 208
- Notes 212
- Bibliography 230
- Index 239
- A 239
- B 239
- C 239
- D 239
- E 240
- F 240
- G 240
- H 240
- I 240
- L 240
- M 240
- N 240
- O 241
- P 241
- R 241
- S 241
- T 241
- U 241
- V 241
- Z 241