TY - BOOK AU - Stuempfle, Stephen. TI - The steelband movement: the forging of a national art in Trinidad and Tobago SN - 9766400261 AV - ML3486.T7 S78 1995b U1 - 784.6/8 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Barbados PB - Press University of the West Indies KW - Steel bands (Music) KW - Trinidad and Tobago KW - History KW - Popular music KW - History and criticism KW - fast KW - Culturele antropologie KW - gtt KW - Steelbands KW - Nationale identiteit KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes discography (pages 237-238) , bibliographical references (p. 239-282) and index N2 - "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 ER -