Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making by John Cowley

Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making

John Cowley

312 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

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Starting from the days of slavery and following through to the first decades of the twentieth century, this book traces the evolution of Carnival and secular black music in Trinidad and beyond. Calypso emerged as the preeminent Carnival song form ...

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