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Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making


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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.

Table of Contents:
1. Background to West Indian music; 2. 'Pain nous ka mangé': music, carnival and events 1783–1869; 3. 'Not a cent to buy rice': poverty, revelry and riots, 1870–1896; 4. 'Iron Duke in the land': banners, bands and music 1897–1920; 5. Creole musical traditions: Africa, the Caribbean and beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index.

Review :
'The characteristics of Cowley's scholarship, a meticulously academic rigour and attention to detail are in evidence here ... A necessarily short review like this cannot do anything like justice to the riches of this book.' Blues and Rhythm 'The long and complex history of carnival, from which calypso has so successfully grown, is well told by John Cowley in his excellent new work Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso ... essential and exhaustive'. Folk Roots 'Future researchers of Trinidad's Carnival will no longer begin with the primary sources. Henceforth, one must first turn to Cowley's magnificent study and then to the original documents if necessary.' Folk Music Journal 'This is a very important book about Caribbean culture. Though deliberately restricted in its analytical as well as temporal scope (the chronological investigation stops abruptly with 1920), it is an extremely valuable research report and one that takes the side of the masquerading people. It makes a major contribution to recording the history of the Carnival.' Association for the Study of African, Caribbean and Asian Culture and History in Britain Newsletter ' ... a meticulously researched and immensely rich piece of cultural history. Cowley has produced the definite study of Trinidad's Carnival in all its many aspects for the period up to 1920.' Slavery and Abolition


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521653893
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 512 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0521653894
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Traditions in the Making
  • Width: 152 mm


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