Ellie manette biography examples
Ellie manette biography examples
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Ellie Mannette
Trinidadian musician and instrument maker (1927–2018)
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Mannette creating a steel pan in 2016 | |
| Born | Elliott Anthony Mannette (1927-11-05)5 November 1927 Sans Souci, Trinidad |
| Died | 29 August 2018(2018-08-29) (aged 90) Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Steel pan musician and musical instrument maker |
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| Children | 10 |
Elliott Anthony "Ellie" Mannette[a] (5 November 1927 – 29 August 2018)[1] was a Trinidadian musical instrument maker and steel pan musician, also known as the "father of the modern steel drum".[2]
Life
Born in Sans Souci, Trinidad,[3] Mannette as a young child developed a passion for metal and tools for metalworking, and would become engaged in the evolution of the phenomenon of sounding steel.
At the age of 11, he was a member of Alexander's Ragtime Band created by A