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Steel Drums and Steelbands
A History
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2012
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Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History is a vivid account of the events that led to the “accidental” invention of the steel drum: the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the 20th century. Angela Smith walks readers through the evolution of the steel drum from an object of scorn and tool of violence to one of the most studied, performed, and appreciated musical instruments today. Smith explores the development of the modern steelband, from its roots in African slavery in early Trinidad to the vast array of experiments in technological innovation and to the current explosion of steelbands in American schools. The book offers insights directly from major contributors of the steelband movement with sections devoted exclusively to pioneers and innovators.
Drawing on seven years of research, repeated trips to the birthplace of the steel drum, Trinidad, and interviews with steelband pioneers, Smith takes readers far beyond the sunny associations of the steel drum with island vacations, cruise ships, and multiple encores of “Yellow Bird.” Digging deep into Trinidad’s history—a tale of indigenous extermination and African slavery, of French settlement and Spanish and British colonialism before mid-century independence—Smith weaves an unforgettable narrative of talking drums, kalinda stick fights, tamboo bamboo bands, iron bands, calypso, Carnival, and the U. S. military. Together, all played major roles in the evolution of today’s steelband and in the panman’s journey from renegade to hero in the steelband’s move from the panyards of Trinidad’s poorest neighborhoods to the world’s most prestigious concert halls. The reader will discover how an instrument created by teenage boys, descendants of African slaves, became a world musical phenomena. Steel Drums and Steelbands is the ideal introduction to the steel drum, steelbands, and their history.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8342-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8343-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
210
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CONTENTS No access
Preface: Why I Wrote This Book No access
Acknowledgments No access
Permissions No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 01. A Bit of Early History No access
Chapter 02. Transformation No access
Chapter 03. The Africans and Their Drums No access
Chapter 04. Creative Tension No access
Chapter 05. Freedom Fights No access
Chapter 06. Tamboo Bamboo No access
Chapter 07. Bamboo to Steel No access
Chapter 08. War Years No access
Chapter 09. Pan Rising No access
Chapter 10. Renegades No access
Chapter 11. Turnaround No access
Chapter 12. Heroes of the Nation No access
Chapter 13. Pan Fever No access
Chapter 14. Pan on the Move No access
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Chapter 15. Pan Comes to the United States No access
Chapter 16. The U.S. Navy Steel Band No access
Chapter 17. Pan Goes to School No access
Chapter 18. First American of Pan: Andy Narell No access
Chapter 19. More History in Progress No access
Chapter 20. Symphony on the Street No access
Appendix 1: Pan Pioneers No access Pages 155 - 166
Appendix 2: Pan Innovators No access Pages 167 - 176
Appendix 3: Chapter Timelines No access Pages 177 - 182
Appendix 4: Questions and Topics for Group Discussion No access Pages 183 - 187
Appendix 5: Selected Discography and Internet Links No access Pages 188 - 190
Appendix 6: Instruments in the Steelband Family No access Pages 191 - 192
Bibliography No access Pages 193 - 196
Index No access Pages 197 - 206
Contributors No access Pages 207 - 208
About the Author No access Pages 209 - 210
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