Caribbean currents : Caribbean music from rumba to reggae / Peter Manuel with Kenneth Bilby and Michael Largey.

Author/creator Manuel, Peter, 1952-
Other author Bilby, Kenneth M., 1953-
Other author Largey, Michael D., 1959-
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 1995.
Descriptionxvi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The Caribbean at a glance -- Introduction: The Caribbean crucible -- Cuba -- Puerto Rico -- Salsa and beyond -- The Dominican Republic -- Haiti and the French Caribbean -- Jamaica -- Trinidad, calypso, and carnival -- The other Caribbean -- Five themes in the study of Caribbean music.
Abstract A guide to the cultural festivals, traditional culture, musical forms, dances, instruments, music education, government institutions concerned with music, and copyright mechanisms in Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua and Barbado, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, and Guyana.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95003152
ISBN1566393388 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1566393396 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3565 .M36 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold