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East Indian music in the West Indies.
LIBRA Roun. 1723 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Caribbean voyage
- Alan Lomax collection
- Language:
- Bhojpuri
- English
- Hindi
- Tamil
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- East Indians--West Indies--Music.
- East Indians.
- Folk music--West Indies.
- Folk music.
- Music--West Indies.
- Music.
- Songs, Hindi--West Indies.
- Songs, Hindi.
- Folk songs, Bhojpuri--West Indies.
- Folk songs, Bhojpuri.
- Songs, Tamil--West Indies.
- Songs, Tamil.
- West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, East Indian--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, Hindi--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, Bhojpuri--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, Tamil--West Indies.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, East Indian--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, Hindi--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, Bhojpuri--West Indies.
- Ethnic music recordings, Tamil--West Indies.
- Genre:
- Songs, Hindi.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Rounder, [1999]
- Language Note:
- Vocal music in Hindi, Bhojpuri, or Tamil.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Ramayan chaupai
- Tan singing : (Thumri)
- Tan singing : (Holi)
- Tassa
- Women's lullaby
- Sohar
- Grinding song
- Wedding song
- Madrasi funeral drumming
- Guadeloupe Kali ceremony
- Bhajan
- Birha
- Chowtal
- Interview.
- Participant:
- Various performers.
- Notes:
- Rounder: 11661-1723-2 (in bold print on container: 1723)
- Music of the descendants of the indentured laborers brought to the West Indies during British colonial rule from the Bhojpuri Region, as well as from the south of India. Includes sacred music, secular folk music, and instrumental music.
- Field recordings made in 1962 by Alan Lomax.
- Compact disc.
- Historical and descriptive notes in English, with texts or partial texts and translations of some of the songs ([18] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- OCLC:
- 41055875
- Publisher Number:
- Rounder 11661-1723-2
- Rounder 1723
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