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Various Artists: Calypso Legends - COMPACT DISCS
Various Artists: Calypso Legends - COMPACT DISCS
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Title: Calypso Legends
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Arc Music
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5019396285323
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2019-06-28
Number of Discs: 1
The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted the American periodical Time to label calypso "The Living Newspaper" in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between reporter, editorialist, moralist and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events all prove as grist for the mill. The Mighty Duke asked in a song, "What is Calypso?" Well to start to get an idea, one has to merely listen to a song on this compilation. Let your schooling start here.
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Arc Music
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5019396285323
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2019-06-28
Number of Discs: 1
The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted the American periodical Time to label calypso "The Living Newspaper" in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between reporter, editorialist, moralist and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events all prove as grist for the mill. The Mighty Duke asked in a song, "What is Calypso?" Well to start to get an idea, one has to merely listen to a song on this compilation. Let your schooling start here.
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