Hindustani Music Today
| | Price: | Rs.320.00 |
Detail Of Hindustani Music Today
| ISBN | 8124606250 |
| Pages | 150 |
| Language: | English |
| Size(in cm): | 9.5 Inch X 7.5 Inch cm |
| Weight(in grams): | 322(approx) |
Description:
Contents
Foreword v
Preface vii
Acknowledgement xi
1. It is Art Music;not Classical 1
2. Vehicles of the Raga Experience 6
3. Raga Bhairav at Midnight: the Time Theory of Ragas 11
4. The Gharanas in Hindustani Music 16
5. Dhrupad: A Cultural Enigma 23
6. Khayal Vocalism: Welcome to the Xerox Gharanas 30
7. Thumree: Lost Without Kathak 36
8. The Tappa: The Camel Driver's Song 42
9. The Rudra Veena: Headed for the Museum 48
10. The Sitar: From Nowhere to Everywhere in 300 years 55
11. The Surbahar: In Search of Indian Dach 61
12. The Sarod: The Meteoric Rise 67
13. The Hawaiian Slide Guitar: Aloha Boys of Hindustani Music 73
14. The Santoor: The Musical Signature of Kashmir 79
15. The Tanpura and Swaeamandal:the Pillars and Laptops of Hindustani Vocalism 84
16. The Sarangi: Awaiting a State Funeral 90
17. The Violin: the Gift to the Carnatic Tradition to Hindustani Music 96
18. The Bansuri: A Humble Bamboo Flute in a Highbrow Avatar 104
19. The shehnai 110
20 The Pakhawaj and tabla: Everybody wants Zakir 116
21 Harmonium: Controversial, Yet Firmly Enternched 123
Suggested readings 131
Index 134
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