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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465777403321

Autore

Dudley Shannon

Titolo

Music from behind the bridge [[electronic resource] ] : steelband aesthetics and politics in Trinidad and Tobago / / Shannon Dudley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-19-532123-5

0-19-972437-7

1-4356-3877-8

1-281-15654-X

9786611156541

0-19-804334-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Disciplina

785.680972983

Soggetti

Steel band music - Trinidad and Tobago - History and criticism

Steel bands (Music) - Trinidad and Tobago - History

Popular music - Social aspects - Trinidad and Tobago

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Discography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 The Steelband Movement and Music; 3 An Unlikely Instrument; 4 The National Instrument; 5 Dropping the Bomb; 6 A Showcase for Pan; 7 The Rise of the Arranger; 8 Community Participation; 9 Contest and Control; 10 Writing Their Own Tunes; 11 From Panman to Pannist; 12 Popular Culture and Nationalism; Appendix I: Steel Pan Instruments; Appendix II: Repertoire; Appendix III: Panorama Winners, 1963-2007; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DISCOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A symbol of Trinidadian culture, the steelband has made an extraordinary transformation since its origins-from junk metal to steel orchestra, and from disparaged underclass pastime to Trinidad and Tobago's national instrument. Now, Shannon Dudley gives the first



discerning look at the musical thinking that ignited this transformation, and the way it articulates with Afro-Trinidadian tradition, carnival, colonial authority, and nationalist politics. Music from behind the Bridge tells the story of the steelband from the point of view of musicians who overcame disadvantages of poverty and prejudi