| LC control no. | no2006087351 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mannette, Ellie |
| Variant(s) | Mannette, Elliott Anthony |
| Located | Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1927-11-05 |
| Death date | 2018-08-29 |
| Place of birth | Sans Souci (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Place of death | Morgantown (W. Va.) |
| Field of activity | Steel drum (Musical instrument)--Construction |
| Profession or occupation | Percussion instrument makers |
| Found in | Steel and Brass Band. Steel & brass [SR] 1970: container (Ellie Mannette, director) New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 4, 2018 (in obituary published Aug. 31: Ellie Mannette; b. Elliott Anthony Mannette, Nov. 5, 1927, Sans Souci, Trinidad; lived in Port of Spain as a child; sent to Britain in 1951 as part of the Trinidad All-Steel Percussion Orchestra; traveled to the U.S. in the 1960s to help develop the Navy Steel Band, which brought steel-band music to the American public; in 1967 he made the transition permanent, moving to New York to work with urban youth in music programs; did not return to Trinidad until 2000; d. Wednesday [Aug. 29, 2018], Morgantown, W. Va., where he lived, aged 90; Trinidadian musician known in the U.S. as the father of the modern steel drum) |
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