• Title of article

    Classifying the Popular Music of Trinidad and Tobago

  • Author/Authors

    Lorraine M. Nero، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    15
  • From page
    119
  • To page
    133
  • Abstract
    The classification of Caribbean popular music poses problems to cataloguers. The paper discusses the problems which have been encountered by cataloguers in Trinidad and Tobago using Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Library of Congress Classification (LCC). Some of the creative solutions adopted to circumvent these issues are discussed. Further, the paper offers recommendations on howthe relevant sections of the classification schemes can be amended to provide for Trinidad and Tobago as well as Caribbean popular music
  • Keywords
    Music , Trinidadand Tobago , Calypso , chutney music , parang , Popular music , Libraryof Congress Classification , soca , DDC , Dewey Decimal Classification
  • Journal title
    Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
  • Record number

    845489