Classifying the popular music of Trinidad and Tobago

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 119-133

  Nero, Lorraine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Calypso; Chutney music; DDC; Dewey decimal classification; Library of congress classification; Music; Parang; Popular music; Soca; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751518453     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v42n03_04     Document Type: Article

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