The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan
Author : Felix I. R. Blake
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Steel bands (Music)
ISBN : 9780952552802
Author : Felix I. R. Blake
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Steel bands (Music)
ISBN : 9780952552802
Author : Cy Grant
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 37,98 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Calypso (Music)
ISBN : 9780333661284
Author : Stephen Stuempfle
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 26,93 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780812233292
The Steelband Movement examines the dramatic transformation of pan from a Carnival street music into a national art and symbol in Trinidad and Tobago. By focusing on pan as a cultural process, Stephen Stuempfle demonstrates how the struggles and achievements of the steelband movement parallel the problems and successes of building a nation. Stuempfle explores the history of the steelband from its emergence around 1940 as an assemblage of diverse metal containers to today's immense orchestra of high-precision instruments with bell-like tones. Drawing on interviews with different generations of pan musicians (including the earliest), a wide array of archival material, and field observations, the author traces the growth of the movement in the context of the grass-roots uprisings of the 1930s and 1940s, the American presence in Trinidad in World War II, the nationalist movement of the postwar period, the aftermath of independence from Britain in 1962, the Black Power protests and the oil boom of the 1970s, and the recession of recent years. The Steelband Movement suggests that the history of pan has involved a series of negotiations between different ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, and social organizations, all of which have attempted to define and use the music according to their own values and interests. This drama provides a window into the ways in which Trinidadians have constructed various visions of a national identity.
Author : Esther M. Morgan-Ellis
Publisher :
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781940771311
Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn from classical, popular, and folk traditions from around the globe. These examples are organized into thematic chapters, each of which explores a particular way in which human beings use music. Topics include storytelling, political expression, spirituality, dance, domestic entertainment, and more. The chapters and examples can be taught in any order, making Resonances a flexible resource that can be adapted to your teaching or learning needs. This textbook is accompanied by a complete set of PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and learning objectives.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Calypso (Music)
ISBN : 9789766510046
Author : Liam Teague
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1495007111
(Steel Pan). The Hal Leonard Steelpan Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the steelpan. This easy-to-use beginner's guide takes you through the basics of the instrument and its technique. The accompanying audio includes demonstration tracks for all the examples in the book. It covers: stance * holding the mallets * types of strokes * tone production and volume control * stickings * rolls * scales * calypsos * many songs and exercises * basic music reading * steelpan anatomy and maintenance * steelpan history * and more.
Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1609092376
Founded by Al O'Connor in 1973, the steelband program at Northern Illinois University was the first of its kind in the United States. Thanks to the talent and dedication of O'Connor, Cliff Alexis, Liam Teague, Yuko Asada, and a plethora of NIU students and staff members, the program has flourished into one of the most important in the world. Having welcomed a variety of distinguished guest artists and traveled to perform in locales around the US and in Taiwan, Trinidad, and South Korea, the NIU Steelband has achieved international acclaim as a successful and unique university world music program. This fascinating history of the NIU Steelband traces the evolution of the program and engages with broader issues relating to the development of steelband and world music ensembles in the American university system. In addition to investigating its past, Steelpan in Education looks to the future of the NIU Steelband, exploring how it attracts and trains new generations of elite musicians who continue to push the boundaries of the steelpan. This study will appeal to musicians, music educators, ethnomusicologists, and fans of the NIU Steelband.
Author : Kim Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
The 27th edition of this reference on the Middle East additioinally includes all the Central Asian states and provides both an analytical overview of the region and specific data for each of the 32 countries. Introductory chapters cover regional issues, such as: the growth of Islamic banking and its implications for the wider economy; the impact of ex-Soviet countries on international oil and gas production; and the significance of the Middle East's contribution to international terrorism.
Author : George Goddard
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,84 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Popular music
ISBN :
Author : Hope Munro
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 1496807545
In the 1990s, expressive culture in the Caribbean was becoming noticeably more feminine. At the annual Carnival of Trinidad and Tobago, thousands of female masqueraders dominated the street festival on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. Women had become significant contributors to the performance of calypso and soca, as well as the musical development of the steel pan art form. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the author in Trinidad and Tobago, What She Go Do demonstrates how the increased access and agency of women through folk and popular musical expressions has improved intergender relations and representation of gender in this nation. This is the first study to integrate all of the popular music expressions associated with Carnival—calypso, soca, and steelband music—within a single volume. The book includes interviews with popular musicians and detailed observation of musical performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions, as well as analysis of reception and use of popular music through informal exchanges with audiences. The popular music of the Caribbean contains elaborate forms of social commentary that allows singers to address various sociopolitical problems, including those that directly affect the lives of women. In general, the cultural environment of Trinidad and Tobago has made women more visible and audible than any previous time in its history. This book examines how these circumstances came to be and what it means for the future development of music in the region.