Forty Years of Steel - An Annotated Discography of Steel Band and Pan Recordings, 1951-1991 (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)

The first book of its kind, this discography covers the history of steel band and pan music on recordings from their beginnings. In more than 775 entries, it comprises all known recordings on phonograph records, cassettes, and compact disks in which one or more steel pans is featured or used in an accompanying role. This includes steel bands of any size and configuration, pan soloists, and small ensembles in a variety of settings. For each entry, information is provided on the location of the recording session/studio, release date, record company catalog number, and complete contents. Indexes facilitate access to artists, arrangers/conductors/musical directors, record titles, years of release, and compositions; and appendices provide additional information on record manufacturers and distributors, calypsonians, and sources. A reference bibliography completes the work. The creation, teaching, and performance of most of othe pan music of the past belongs to an oral tradition. There is therefore little written preservation of this work and audio recordings often provide the only documentation of the art of many gifted composers, arrangers, performers, and tuners. These recordings constitute a primary source of information regarding past performance practices, evolving playing styles and techniques, and pan tuning innovations. While serving as a guide for locating these recordings, this discography also will function as a research tool to aid researchers into many other aspects of the steel pan movement. As such, it will be a valuable resource for scholars, performing artists, educators, instrument builders, composers, arrangers, and enthusiasts.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Discographies: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discographic Reference
Release date:	November 1992
First published:	November 1992
Authors:	Jeffrey Thomas
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-27952-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies Books > Music > General
LSN:	0-313-27952-7
Barcode:	9780313279522

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