- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (February 13, 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521653894
- ISBN-13: 978-0521653893
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 beyond. Calypso emerged
as the preeminent Carnival song form at the end of the nineteenth
century and its association with the festival is investigated, as are
the first commercial recordings by Trinidad performers. Considerable 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.
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