Pan The Story Of The Steel Band

Author : Angela Smith
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810883430
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steel Drums and Steelbands written by Angela Smith and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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ISBN 13 : 9789766510046
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Story of Pan written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
ISBN 13 : 0822590263
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steel Pan Man of Harlem written by and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious man appears in Harlem and promises to rid the city of its rats by playing the steel pan drum, in a retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin set during the Harlem Renaissance. By the illustrator of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, Almost to Freedom.

Author : Liam Teague
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1495007111
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hal Leonard Steelpan Method written by Liam Teague and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Steel Pan). The Hal Leonard Steelpan Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the steelpan. This easy-to-use beginner's guide takes you through the basics of the instrument and its technique. The accompanying audio includes demonstration tracks for all the examples in the book. It covers: stance * holding the mallets * types of strokes * tone production and volume control * stickings * rolls * scales * calypsos * many songs and exercises * basic music reading * steelpan anatomy and maintenance * steelpan history * and more.

Author : W. Austin Simmonds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pan, the Story of the Steel Band written by W. Austin Simmonds and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cy Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333661284
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ring of Steel written by Cy Grant and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shannon Dudley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195175476
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music from Behind the Bridge written by Shannon Dudley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Music from behind the Bridge' tells the story of the steelband a symbol of Trinidadian culture, from the point of view of musicians who overcame disadvantages of poverty and prejudice with their extraordinary ambition.

Author : Stephen Stuempfle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780812233292
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steelband Movement written by Stephen Stuempfle and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Steelband Movement examines the dramatic transformation of pan from a Carnival street music into a national art and symbol in Trinidad and Tobago. By focusing on pan as a cultural process, Stephen Stuempfle demonstrates how the struggles and achievements of the steelband movement parallel the problems and successes of building a nation. Stuempfle explores the history of the steelband from its emergence around 1940 as an assemblage of diverse metal containers to today's immense orchestra of high-precision instruments with bell-like tones. Drawing on interviews with different generations of pan musicians (including the earliest), a wide array of archival material, and field observations, the author traces the growth of the movement in the context of the grass-roots uprisings of the 1930s and 1940s, the American presence in Trinidad in World War II, the nationalist movement of the postwar period, the aftermath of independence from Britain in 1962, the Black Power protests and the oil boom of the 1970s, and the recession of recent years. The Steelband Movement suggests that the history of pan has involved a series of negotiations between different ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, and social organizations, all of which have attempted to define and use the music according to their own values and interests. This drama provides a window into the ways in which Trinidadians have constructed various visions of a national identity.

Author : Othello Molineaux
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780897249737
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beginning Steel Drum written by Othello Molineaux and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete method for learning to play lead steel drum. World-renowned steel drum artist Othello Molineaux has developed a concise method for the novice or experienced musician. Perfect for individual study or classroom use, this method comes complete with an accompaniment CD and a full-size practice poster.

Author : Andrew R. Martin
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496812433
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steelpan Ambassadors written by Andrew R. Martin and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Maybe you won't like steel band. It's possible. But it's been said that the Pied Piper had a steel band helping him on his famous visit to Hamelin." When the US Navy distributed this press release, anxieties and tensions of the impending Cold War felt palpable. As President Eisenhower cast his gaze towards Russia, the American people cast their ears to the Atlantic South, infatuated with the international currents of Caribbean music. Today, steelbands have become a global phenomenon; yet, in 1957 the exotic sound and the unique image of the US Navy Steel Band was one-of-a-kind. Could calypso doom rock "n" roll? Band founder Admiral Daniel V. Gallery thought so and envisioned his steelband knocking "rock "n" roll and Elvis Presley into the ash can." From 1957 until their disbandment in 1999, the US Navy Steel Band performed over 20,000 concerts worldwide. In 1973, the band officially moved headquarters from Puerto Rico to New Orleans and found the city and annual Mardi Gras tradition an apt musical and cultural fit. The band brought a significant piece of Caribbean artistic capital--calypso and steelband music--to the American mainstream. Its impact on the growth and development of steelpan music in America is enormous. Steelpan Ambassadors uncovers the lost history of the US Navy Steel Band and provides an in-depth study of its role in the development of the US military's public relations, its promotion of goodwill, its recruitment efforts after the Korean and Vietnam Wars, its musical and technological innovations, and its percussive propulsion of the American fascination with Latin and Caribbean music over the past century.