MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 96142091
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008 960426s1995 bb ab 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aML3486.T7$bS78 1995b
082 00 $a784.6/8$220
100 1 $aStuempfle, Stephen.
245 14 $aThe steelband movement :$bthe forging of a national art in Trinidad and Tobago /$cStephen Stuempfle.
260 $aBarbados :$bPress University of the West Indies,$cc1995.
300 $axx, 287 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes discography (p. 237-238), bibliographical references (p. 239-282) and index.
520 1 $a"Tracing the steelband from the Trinidadian tamboo bamboo band, this chronicle begins in the 1930s with young performers of African descent. In the 1940s, civic leaders gave encouragement, and by independence from Britain in 1962, the steelband had become a national symbol. Details the steelband repertoire, ranging from calypsos to favored European selections"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aSteel bands (Music)$zTrinidad and Tobago$xHistory.
650 0 $aPopular music$zTrinidad and Tobago$xHistory and criticism.