Tuk Music Tradition in Barbados

Summary

Barbadian tuk music, a type of fife and drum music, has been transformed in the post-independence period from a working class music associated with plantations and rum shops to a signifier of national culture, played at official functions and showcased to tourists. Based on ethnographic and archival research, Sharon Meredith considers the social, p

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Meredith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367599430
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59943-0
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: SOAS Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Theory of music & musicology, Folk & traditional music, Music: styles and genres, Folk, Folkloric styles, Theory of music and musicology, Traditional and folk music