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Music from behind the bridge : steelband spirit and politics in Trinidad and Tobago / Shannon Dudley.
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View onlineLoaned to Another Library ML3486.T7 D84 2008
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dudley, Shannon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steel band music--Trinidad and Tobago--History and criticism.
- Steel band music.
- Steel bands (Music)--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
- Steel bands (Music).
- Popular music--Social aspects--Trinidad and Tobago.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--Social aspects.
- History.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 311 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- The steelband movement and music
- An unlikely instrument
- The national instrument
- Dropping the bomb
- A showcase for pan
- Rise of the arranger
- Community participation
- Contest and control
- Writing their own tunes
- From panman to pannist
- Popular culture and nationalism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302), discography (page 303), and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195175479
- 0195175476
- 9780195321234
- 0195321235
- OCLC:
- 85692750
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