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Parang Bibliography

This is a general bibliography of source materials concerning
parang, Amerindian and 'Spanish' heritage of Trinidad.
I would gratefully accept any suggested additions.  
Please contact me via the link above, thank you.


Allard, Francisca. (2000).  The Evolution of Parang (Music and Text) in Trinidad from 1900-1997.  M.Ph. Thesis.  University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.
Anthony, Michael. (1997). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago .  Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Aretz, Isabel. (1991). Historia de la Ethnomusicologia en America Latina (Desde la época precolombina hasta nuestros días).  Caracas:  Organizacion de los     Estados Américanos.
Chapman, Charles E. (1918).  A History of Spain.  London:  Collier-Macmillan Ltd.
Chauharjasingh, Archibald S. (1982). Lopinot in History.  Port of Spain:  Columbus Publishers Ltd.
Fulton, Carolyn. (1993). Trinidadian Parang:  Caribbean Music for the Music Classroom.  M.A. Thesis. Pacific Lutheran University.
Harricharan, Fr. John T. (1983). The Catholic Church in Trinidad, 1498-1852.  Port of Spain:  Imprint Caribbean Ltd.
Khan, Aisha. (1993). "What is 'a Spanish' ?: Ambiguity and 'Mixed' Ethnicity in Trinidad."  Trinidad Ethnicity. Kevin Yelvington, ed.  Knoxville, TN: University of     Tennessee Press.
Malm, Krister.  (1978). "The Parang of Trinidad:  A Case of Transformation through Exploitation."  Antropologiska Studies, Nos.25-26: pp.42-49.
Manuel, Peter. (1995). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae.  Philadelphia:  Temple University Press.
Marquez, Abdelkader. (1979).  La Parranda Trinitaria.  Port of Spain:  Embajada de Venezuela.
Moodie-Kublalsingh, Sylvia. (1994). The Cocoa Panyols of Trinidad: An Oral Record.  London:  British Academic Press.
Naipaul, V.S. (1969).  The Loss of El Dorado:  A Colonial History.  Great Britain:  André Deutsch.
Nicholl, Charles. (1996). The Creature in the Map:  Sir Walter Ralegh’s Quest for El Dorado.  London:  Vintage.
Reyes, Elma.  (1978).  The Carib Community.  Arima, Trinidad:  Santa Rosa Carib Community.
Rivers, Joseph.(1997).  Cuatro Basics.  Palo Seco, Trinidad:  Rivers Music.
Sealey, John and Krister Malm. (1982). Music in the Caribbean.  London:  Hodder and Stoughton.
Steumpfle, Stephen. (1995). The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago.  Philadelphia:  University of Pennsylvania Press.
Taylor, Daphne Pawan. (1977). Parang of Trinidad.  Trinidad:  National Cultural Council of Trinidad and Tobago.

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