CALYPSO MUSIC Calypso is one of the most significant traditions in the Caribbean Music Industry. ‘Come‚ Mister tally man‚ tally me banana‚ daylight come and me wan’ go home‚” are the words to a famous calypso song recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1956. The Free Dictionary defines calypso music as ‘a type of music that originated in the West Indies‚ notably in Trinidad‚ and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects’. It can also be said that calypso is a certain
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famous calypso song. The Oxford dictionary defines calypso as a "West Indian song with improvised‚ usually up to date words." Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to each other‚ and robbed of all links to family and home‚ the slaves began to sing songs. They used calypso‚ which can be traced back to West African Kaiso‚ as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters. Calypso singing
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CALYPSO IN TRINIDAD LATOUR Maëva L3 Anglais Table of content Introduction ………………………………………………………….p2 I The Origin of Calypso :The result of the colonial history and multiculturalism of Trinidad …………………………………………p3 II The social Significance of Calypso : creation of an art form defying oppression………………………………………………………………….p4-5 III The Evolution of Calypso : from popular music to fame : An heritage and riches shared by Caribbean people. ………………………………p6-9 IV Calypso similarities
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Origin Of Calypso Calypso is one of the most significant traditions in Caribbean music. Calypso began on the twin island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The rhythms of calypso can be traced quite back to the seventeenth century. This was when the first enslaved Africans were brought to Trinidad to work on the sugar plantations. While the Africans worked in the sugar field plantations‚ they were forbidden to speak to one another. So‚ by means
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THE IMPACT OF SOCA MUSIC ON THE CITIZENS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Did you know as quiet as it is kept‚ Trinidadians seem to be in long term denial that there is a direct correlations between Soca music and moral decadence here in Trinidad and Tobago. To the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago Soca music is mainly taken in good spirit by Carnival lovers. Soca or Soul Calypso is a form of popular Caribbean music originated in the island of Trinidad and Tobago by the reputed father of Soca Garfield Blackman
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Gittens Student ID#:20043045 Course Code: AR27E Course Name: Music Business Management Lecturer: Mr. Dennis Howard Assignment ONE Question: Globalisation and Commercialisation of Caribbean Music by Mike Alleyne is one of a number of studies from the Caribbean region‚ which addresses the impact of Caribbean music production on the Anglo-American music industry. Do a critical review of this very important research on the Caribbean music industry and its impact on the cultural industries. He is
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Music in the Caribbean The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from islands that are located in the Caribbean Sea and it represents something that is simple‚ exotic yet rich and wonderful. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. They are each syntheses of African‚ European‚ Indian and Indigenious influences‚ largely created
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genres of music‚ but his forte is in the Jazz genre. He possesses a musical charm and charisma which allows him to mesmerize his audiences‚ not by uttering verbal words‚ but by letting the smooth‚ sultry sound of the Jazz rhythms from his guitar take you on a musical journey. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Clifford Charles was raised in Caroni Savannah Road‚ New Settlement‚ Chaguanas. It was at the tender age of 8 that his parents recognized his talent‚ but they were not able to pay for his music tuition
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1982; New York‚ Vintage‚ 1984. Salt. New York‚ Persea Books‚ 1997. Short Stories A Brief Conversation and Other Stories. London‚ Heinemann‚ 1988. Plays The New Hardware Store (produced London‚ 1985). Included in Jestina’s Calypso and Other Plays‚ 1984. Jestina’s Calypso and Other Plays (includes The New Hardware Store and My Name Is Village). London‚ Heinemann‚ 1984. The Dragon Can’t Dance‚ adaptation of his own novel (produced London‚ 1990). At the thematic center of Lovelace’s narratives
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Trinidad Carnival Carnival is a festival of colours which is transformed into costumes‚ calypso‚ steel band music‚ dance and different foods and Caribbean art which attracts many people from the different countries. The carnival season is usually during the two weeks before the traditional Christian fasting of Lent. This is celebrated to mark an overturning of daily life.The roots of carnival both lay in Africa and France(Liverpool:57). Trinidad carnival is a very significant festival in the
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