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The Little Slaves of the Harp : Italian Child Street Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Paris, London, and New York

1992

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.
france history italy new york (n.y.) england london emigration and immigration paris children as musicians street music and musicians 19th century

Authors

John E. Zucchi

Bibliography, etc. Note
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
LCCN
HD6231
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Z85 1992eb
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CaOONL
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1 electronic text (viii, 208 p., [8] p. of plates)
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Canada
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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(CaBNVSL)slc00200658 (CaBNVSL)slc00200658 (CaBNVSL) (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)243568870 (CaOOCEL)400410
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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