1864 - 1954
Alfred A. Farland
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| Alternative Name |
Alfred A. Farland, A. A. Farland
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| Birthday |
10th April, 1864
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| Birthplace |
Lachine, Canada East
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| Died |
5th May, 1954
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| Place of Death |
Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, composer, performer, musical instrument manufacturer, music teacher
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Parlor music, classic-banjo instrumentals, European classical
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| Year(s) Active |
1884–1939
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| Instrument (text) |
Banjo
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Alfred Adolphus Farland Sr. (April 10, 1864 – May 5, 1954) was a Canadian-American banjoist, playing in the classic banjo style for more than 40 years. He played the banjo wearing a tuxedo, bringing an air of sophistication to the instrument, when the 19th-century image for a banjo player tended toward the comic, the racist and the crude. He had a reputation for entertaining "cultivated audiences" with banjo adaptations of European classical music. Farland's adaptations included Bach violin sonatas, Beethoven violin sonatas, a Mendelssohn violin sonata, Brahms dances, and some of Chopin's nocturnes and waltzes. His performances of this kind of music on the banjo were seen in 1900 as successfully "stretching the limits of the instrument."
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