Rövid leírás:
This book traces the adaptation of the traditional music in South India to the necessities of colonial, and post-colonial social realities, in moving from the quiet courtyards of Tanjore to the concert halls of Madras that empowered it to survive and thrive in the eccentric contemporary world.
Több
Hosszú leírás:
This book traces the adaptation of the traditional music in south India to the necessities of colonial and post-colonial social realities. The cultivation of classical music and the music of the Tanjore Trinity in particular, emerged as a central element in the articulation, nourishment and defence of a collective cultural persona by the Tamil Brahmin community in the face of the atomising threat of modernity. This project coincided with the growth of nationalist
political agendas and traditional music was enlisted in the service of the freedom movement as an emblem of India s unique and independentauthenticity. Classical music, in moving from the quiet courtyards of Tanjore to the concert halls of Madras, acquired a systematic re-ordering internally and
externally that has empowered it to survive and thrive in the eccentric contemporary world.
This study is an engaging and fascinating read, of interest to scholars and students well beyond the geographical boundaries of the book.
Több
Tartalomjegyzék:
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Music Comes to the City
Chapter 3. Defining the Classical: The Nationalist Imperative
Chapter 4. Consolidating the Classical: The Madras Music Academy and the Politics of Custodianship
Chapter 5. On the Margins of the Classical: Law, Social Reform, and the Devdasis in the Madras Presidency
Chapter 6. Contesting the Classical: The Tamil Isai Iyakkam, and the Contest for Custodianship
Chapter 7. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
