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Department of Music Lecture: "Instrument of the State: A Century of Music in Louisiana's Angola Prison"

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Music

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Angola Prison is the largest and one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, built into a slave plantation that Louisiana bought in 1901. It has also been the most musically significant. Harbert’s wor chronicles dozens of musicians and bands over 120 years, showing how music is a vital resource for prisoners. That resource, however, is conditional, as the administration uses music in many ways. The history of this musical dialogue off...

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Washington University in St. Louis Department of Music

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