Title Music of Hindu Trinidad : songs from the India diaspora / Helen Myers

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998

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MELB	781.62 Mye/Moh		AVAILABLE

Description xxxii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital : 4 3/4 in.) Series Chicago studies in ethnomusicology Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. Contents List of Musical Examples -- Romanization of Indian Languages -- 1. East Indians of the West Indies -- 2. Roots -- 3. Felicity -- 4. A Day in the Village -- 5. The Seasons -- 6. Speaking of Music -- 7. Local Musicology -- 8. Wedding Day -- 9. Wedding Songs -- 10. A Song for Mr. Biswas -- 11. Song of Swans and Snakes -- 12. Songs of Love and Longing -- 13. The Ramayan Tradition -- 14. Morning at the Temple -- 15. Music and Miracles -- 16. The Death of Rani -- 17. Chutney -- 18. Sweet Memory -- 19. Passage to India -- Bhojpuri Texts in Devanagari Script Notes List of selections of the disc is found on pages 433-440 Accompanying sound disc shelved at: AUDIOVISUAL BUNDOORA CD 2385 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-479), discography, and indexes Subject Hindustani music -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Felicity -- History and criticism. East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Felicity -- Music -- History and criticism. Music -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Felicity -- History and criticism. Music -- India -- History and criticism. LC no. 97025692 ISBN 0226554511 alkaline paper 0226554538 paperback alkaline paper

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