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From its first appearance in 1939 with a group of men knocking on pots and pans to the 1951 Trinidad All-Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO), steelband has fascinated the world. Relying largely on oral histories, this work investigates and documents the different technical, musical and organisational steps by which the steelband movement was born and grew to maturity.

Produktbeschreibung
From its first appearance in 1939 with a group of men knocking on pots and pans to the 1951 Trinidad All-Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO), steelband has fascinated the world. Relying largely on oral histories, this work investigates and documents the different technical, musical and organisational steps by which the steelband movement was born and grew to maturity.
Autorenporträt
Kim Johnson is Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of Arts and Letters, University of Trinidad and Tobago. He has published extensively on the history and culture of Trinidad and Tobago, topics on which he now makes documentary films. He received the 2011 Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence in Arts and Letters, largely for his research into the steelband movement.