Kīkā kila : how the Hawaiian steel guitar changed the sound of modern music / John W. Troutman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Troutman, John William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawaiian guitar--History.

Hawaiian guitar.

Music--Hawaii--History.

Music.

Music--United States--History.

World music--History.

World music.

Hawaii.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Since the nineteenth century, the distinct tones of kīkā kila, the Hawaiian steel guitar, have defined the island sound. Here historian and steel guitarist John W. Troutman offers the instrument's definitive history, from its discovery by a young Hawaiian royalist named Joseph Kekuku to its revolutionary influence on American and world music. During the early twentieth century, Hawaiian musicians traveled the globe, from tent shows in the Mississippi Delta, where they shaped the new sounds of country and the blues, to regal theaters and vaudeville stages in New York, Berlin, Kolkata, and beyond. In the process, Hawaiian guitarists recast the role of the guitar in modern life. But as Troutman explains, by the 1970s the instrument's embrace and adoption overseas also worked to challenge its cultural legitimacy in the eyes of a new generation of Hawaiian musicians. As a consequence, the indigenous instrument nearly diasappeared in its homeland"--Jacket.

Contents:

Preface : B.B.'s dreams

Guitar culture in the Hawaiian Kingdom

Joseph Kekuku's steel guitar and the era of overthrow

American debut : the making of the steel guitar craze

Hawaiian troubadours and the global reach of the kīkā kila

Holly-Hawaiians, electric guitars, and glass ceilings

The disappearing of "Hawaiian" from American music

Banishment, and return : seeking the steel guitar in the Hawaiian renaissance

Epilogue : remembrance and kuleana.

Notes:

"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Fund of the University of North Carolina Press."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index.

Local Notes:

The Forrest Performing Arts Collection.

ISBN:

9781469627922

1469627922

1469627930

9781469627939

1469659093

9781469659091

OCLC:

922912830