I love this weird stuff. There was a thriving ca. 1900 "classical" camp of banjo playing, especially in the US, UK, and to some extent, Italy. If the gut-strung but recently-fretted banjo and its repertoire intrigue, I'd recommend Douglas Back's _The_Banjo_Goes_Highbrow_ and _The_Big_Trio_Reprise_ on Belmando Records <http://www.belmando.com/>.
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