Title

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

Author

Myers, Helen, 1946-

Publication

• Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1998]
• ©1998

Electronic Resource

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Description

xxxii, 510 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +

Series Statement

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology

Uniform Title

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.

Subjects

• Music > Trinidad and Tobago > Felicity > History and criticism
• East Indians > Trinidad and Tobago > Felicity > Music > History and criticism
• Music > India > History and criticism
• Hindustani music > Trinidad and Tobago > Felicity > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• CD.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Folk songs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-479), discography, and indexes.

Contents

• East Indians of the West Indies -- Roots -- Felicity -- A day in the village -- The seasons -- Speaking of music -- Local musicology -- Wedding day -- Wedding songs -- A song for Mr. Biswas -- Song of swans and snakes -- Songs of love and longing -- The Ramayan tradition -- Morning at the temple -- Music and miracles -- The death of Rani -- Chutney -- Sweet memory -- Passage to India.
• Selections on accompanying CD: Boliye Rājā Rāmachandra kī jay (Felicity Chautāl Group) (3:22) -- Saraswatī vandanā (students of the āshram of Guru H.S. Adesh) (2:42) -- Karnivāl kā desh (student of the āshram of Guru H.S. Adesh) (2:18) -- Tāssā drumming (Wedding hands, Felicity Tāssā Group) (2:58) -- Āre nadiyā kināre (Sankey Ramroop, vocals ; Rukmin Bhagaloo, ḍholak ; Saffarin Pagie, ḍhantāl) (2:59) -- Sānkara koriyā bahāro (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (1:15) -- Leu na Panḍiṭa Rāma (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand (1:06) -- Dasa sakhī (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (1:47) -- Sã̄ chha sukawā (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (2:16) -- Hare hare bhaiyā (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (1:04) -- Surāiyā gaiyā ke gobara (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (3:07) -- Āī gailẽ ḍala (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (0:52) -- Harīhara bãsawā (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (1:52) -- Lauwā na parichho (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (1:08) -- Bābā bābā (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (1:00) -- Sā̃jhai (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (0:29) -- Ādhe talaiyā (Moon Ramnarine (6:11) -- Āḍheye ṭalawā (Dhanpatee and Kalawatee Permanand) (5:16) -- Mere mana basigayo (Divine Life Society, Unit 1, Felicity) (1:35) -- Hey jagata pitaa ghagawaana (Divine Life Society, Unit 1, Felicity) (1:20) -- Shiva Shambhu deeno ki bandhu (Divine Life Society, Unit 1, Felicity) (2:21) -- Raama Raama bhaju Raama (Divine Life Society, Unit 1, Felicity) (2:29) -- Bhajale naama Niranjana kaa (Divine Life Society, Unit 1, Felicity) (3:03) -- Jai jagadisha hare (Arya Sabha, Carolina village) (1:11) -- Jai jagadisha hare (Trinidad Sevashram Sangha, Felicity (2:26) -- Jai jagadisha hare (Divine Life Society, Unit 24, Enterprise (2:21) -- Ganesh sharanam (Divine Life Society, Unit 1, Felicity) (1:28) -- Aum bhagawān (Sai Baba Devotees, Tunapuna (3:13) -- Talawā bharla saba nāga (Mahadewā Dube, Gorakhpur District, U.P., India) (3:44).

ISBN

• 0226554511
• 9780226554518
• 0226554538
• 9780226554532

LCCN

97025692

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries