Carnival Music in Trinidad Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

Name: Carnival Music in Trinidad Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
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ISBN: 9780195138337

ISBN-10: 0195138333

ISBN-13: 9780195138337

Edition: 2003

Authors: Shannon Dudley, Bonnie C. Wade

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Carnival Music in Trinidad is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional…

Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


CD Track List



Carnival and Society


Carnival


Trinidadian Society


Trinidadian Carnival in the Nineteenth Century


Music



The Man of Words


From Chantwell to Calypsonian


The Lord Kitchener


The Mighty Sparrow


The Mighty Chalkdust


David Rudder


Singing Sandra



Calypso in the Tent and on the Road


The Tent


The Road


Instrumentation


Form


Rhythmic Feel


Phrasing


Breaks



The National Instrument


Origins


Changing Perceptions


The Instrument


The Ensemble


The Music


Form


Texture


Rhythm



Steelband Repertoire


Music for the Road


Fetes


Music Festival


The Bomb


Panorama


Framing Tradition



Bacchanal Time


Soca


Rapso


Ragga Soca


Chutney Soca


Defining Musical Genres


Conclusion


Glossary


Resources


Index