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East Indian music in the West Indies.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Rounder Records (Firm)
Other Authors: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Compiler)
Format: CD Audio
Language:Bhojpuri
Hindi
Tamil
Language Notes:Vocal works sung in various languages, including Hindi, Bhojpuri, and Tamil.
Published: Cambridge, MA : Rounder, [1999]
Series:Alan Lomax collection.
Caribbean voyage.
Subjects:
Music > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Music > Guadeloupe.
Music > India.
Folk music > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Folk music > Guadeloupe.
Folk songs > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Folk songs, Tamil > Guadeloupe.
Description
Item Description:"A panorama of traditional Asian and newly created creolized East Indian music, Trinidadian 'local classical' tan singing, Hindu devotional and wedding songs, Muslim tassa drumming, Madrasi funeral drumming, and a unique excerpt from a Kali ceremony on Guadeloupe"--Container.
Compact disc.
Historical and descriptive notes in English, and texts of the vocal works with English translations ([18] pages : ill.) in container.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.