Music from behind the bridge [[electronic resource] ] : steelband aesthetics and politics in Trinidad and Tobago / / Shannon Dudley
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| Autore: |
Dudley Shannon
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| Titolo: |
Music from behind the bridge [[electronic resource] ] : steelband aesthetics and politics in Trinidad and Tobago / / Shannon Dudley
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 785.680972983 |
| Soggetto topico: | Steel band music - Trinidad and Tobago - History and criticism |
| Steel bands (Music) - Trinidad and Tobago - History | |
| Popular music - Social aspects - Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Music from behind the bridge |
| ISBN: | 0-19-532123-5 |
| 0-19-972437-7 | |
| 1-4356-3877-8 | |
| 1-281-15654-X | |
| 9786611156541 | |
| 0-19-804334-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465777403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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