Tales, Tunes, and Tassa Drums Retention and Invention into Indo-Caribbean Music |
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| Author:
| Manuel, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03881-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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The common threads and points of divergence in the music of the Indian diaspora in the CaribbeanToday's popular tassa drumming emerged from the fragments of transplanted Indian music traditions half-forgotten and creatively recombined, rearticulated, and elaborated into a dynamic and sophisticated musical genre. A uniquely Indo-Trinidadian form, ......
The common threads and points of divergence in the music of the Indian diaspora in the CaribbeanToday's popular tassa drumming emerged from the fragments of transplanted Indian music traditions half-forgotten and creatively recombined, rearticulated, and elaborated into a dynamic and sophisticated musical genre. A uniquely Indo-Trinidadian form, ......