Kaiso! the Trinidad Calypso: A Study of the Calypso as Oral Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0894100254
- ISBN-13
- 9780894100253
- Category
- Music / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
- Pages
- 155
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Three Continents Press
- Author
- Keith Q. Warner
Description
A study of calypso music from its early days to the latest victory songs of carnival. With discography, photos of leading calypsonians, and updated bibliography from original 1982 edition.
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