Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso
Traditions in the Making
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 4 February 1999
- ISBN 9780521653893
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 229x152x18 mm
- Weight 470 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 21 b/w illus. 2 maps 0
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Short description:
This book traces the evolution of Carnival in Trinidad and beyond, using fascinating documentary evidence.
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Starting from the days of slavery and following through to the first decades of the twentieth century, this book traces the evolution of Carnival and secular black music in Trinidad and the links that existed with other territories and beyond. Calypso emerged as the pre-eminent Carnival song from the end of the nineteenth century and its association with the festival is investigated, as are the first commercial recordings by Trinidad performers. These featured stringband instrumentals, 'calipsos' and stickfighting 'kalendas' (a carnival style popular from the last quarter of the nineteenth century). The emphasis of the book is on history, and great use is made of contemporary newspaper reports. colonial documents, travelogues, oral history and folklore, providing an authoritative treatment of a fascinating story in popular cultural history.
'The characteristics of Cowley's scholarship, a meticulously academic rigour and attention to detail are in evidence here ... A necessarily short review like this cannot do anything like justice to the riches of this book.' Blues and Rhythm
Table of Contents:
1. Background to West Indian music; 2. 'Pain nous ka mang&&&233;': music, carnival and events 1783-1869; 3. 'Not a cent to buy rice': poverty, revelry and riots, 1870-1896; 4. 'Iron Duke in the land': banners, bands and music 1897-1920; 5. Creole musical traditions: Africa, the Caribbean and beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index.
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