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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Preface: Why I Wrote This Book; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Introduction; Part I: TRINIDAD; Chapter 01. A Bit of Early History; Chapter 02. Transformation; Chapter 03. The Africans and Their Drums; Chapter 04. Creative Tension; Chapter 05. Freedom Fights; Chapter 06. Tamboo Bamboo; Chapter 07. Bamboo to Steel; Chapter 08. War Years; Chapter 09. Pan Rising; Chapter 10. Renegades; Chapter 11. Turnaround; Chapter 12. Heroes of the Nation; Chapter 13. Pan Fever; Chapter 14. Pan on the Move; photospread; Part II: EXPANSION; Chapter 15. Pan Comes to the United States. |
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Chapter 16. The U.S. Navy Steel BandChapter 17. Pan Goes to School; Chapter 18. First American of Pan: Andy Narell; Chapter 19. More History in Progress; Chapter 20. Symphony on the Street; Appendix 1: Pan Pioneers; Appendix 2: Pan Innovators; Appendix 3: Chapter Timelines; Appendix 4: Questions and Topics for Group Discussion; Appendix 5: Selected Discography and Internet Links; Appendix 6: Instruments in the Steelband Family; Bibliography; Index; Contributors; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History is a vivid account of the events that led to the "accidental" invention of the steel drum: the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the 20th century. Angela Smith walks readers through the evolution of the steel drum from an object of scorn and tool of violence to one of the most studied, performed, and appreciated musical instruments today. Smith explores the development of the modern steelband, from its roots in African slavery in early Trinidad to the vast array of experiments in techno. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Steel drum (Musical instrument) -- History.
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Steel drum (Musical instrument) |
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History. |
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Steel band music -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History and criticism.
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Steel band music. |
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Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Angela. Steel Drums and Steelbands : A History. Lanham : Scarecrow Press, ©2012 9780810883420 |
| ISBN |
9780810883437 (electronic book) |
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0810883430 (electronic book) |
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9781280778681 |
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1280778687 |
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9780810883420 |
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0810883422 |
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