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Oral history interview with Cheryl Byron.

Title
  1. Oral history interview with Cheryl Byron.
Published by
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
Author
  1. Byron, Cheryl, 1947-2003

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  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Cheryl Byron talks about her upbringing and her performance career. Her early childhood in Trinidad; influence of parents and uncles on performance aspirations; reasons for leaving Trinidad for New York; transition from fine artist to performance artist; experience performing in Lord Shorty's calypso tent in Trinidad, 1976; Trinidadian calypsonians; use of electronic music; lyrical content differences between reggae and calypso music; subjects she writes about; mentors in her life; Pearl Primus; television work; present school work; pieces performed at Hunter College described entitled March On, Blame, Jamaican Journey, Traveling; lack of recordings of her work; message to youth.
Subject
  1. Oral histories
  2. Trinidad and Tobago > Popular culture
  3. Caribbean Area > Songs and music
  4. Reggae music
  5. Trinidad and Tobago > Songs and music
  6. Popular music > Trinidad and Tobago
  7. Interviews
  8. Popular music > Caribbean Area
  9. Carnival > Trinidad and Tobago
  10. Byron, Cheryl, 1947-2003 > Interviews
  11. Primus, Pearl > Influence
  12. Calypso (Music) > Trinidad and Tobago
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
  2. Oral histories.
Call number
  1. Sc DVD-2106
Note
  1. Interview conducted at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on May 23, 1985.
Biography (note)
  1. Cheryl Byron is a lyricist, storyteller, performance artist and poet.
Author
  1. Byron, Cheryl, 1947-2003, interviewee.
Title
  1. Oral history interview with Cheryl Byron.
Publisher
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file DVD
Biography
  1. Cheryl Byron is a lyricist, storyteller, performance artist and poet.
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Added author
  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research call number
  1. Sc DVD-2106
  2. Sc Visual VRB-353 U-matic
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