The steelband movement
Subtitle: the forging of a national art in Trinidad and Tobago
By: Stephen Stuempfle.
Publisher: Press University of the West Indies
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Barbados
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Steel bands (Music) -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History.; Popular music -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History and criticism.
Description: "Tracing the steelband from the Trinidadian tamboo bamboo band, this chronicle begins in the 1930s with young performers of African descent. In the 1940s, civic leaders gave encouragement, and by independence from Britain in 1962, the steelband had become a national symbol. Details the steelband repertoire, ranging from calypsos to favored European selections"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes discography (p. 237-238), bibliographical references (p. 239-282) and index.