Music in North India : experiencing music, expressing culture / by George E. Ruckert.
Material type: TextSeries: Global music seriesPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: xii, 100 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN: 0195139925Subject(s): Hindustani music -- History and criticismDDC classification: 780/.954 LOC classification: ML338 | .R83 2004Online resources: Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Main Collection | ML338.R83 2004 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Long Overdue (Lost) Checked out | 26/03/2024 | 0013127445 |
CD-ROM | University of Macedonia Library Desk | CD-ROM | ML338.R83 2004 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 suppl. | Available | 0013125068 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98) and index.
Modernity and tradition. A culture of bewildering variety ; Threads to follow in this text ; The old and new in an ancient land ; Indian music on the move -- Affect. Religious connotation ; Sacred texts ; Verbal syllables ; Song texts ; A musician's practice ; The nine moods ; Extramusical effects ; Conclusion -- Teaching, learning, and performing music. Teaching and learning music ; Old traditions in new packages -- Rhythm and drumming. Tala ; Theka: the tal as a succession of drum ; Counting patterns in tal ; The tabla ; Kayda ; Tihai ; Other drumming traditions ; Conclusion -- Song and performance. Composition and improvisation ; What is a raga? ; Raga in performance ; The on-the-spot development of the composition ; Song texts in classical styles ; Other song genres ; Conclusion -- Instrumentals, melodic and rhythmic. Drone instruments ; Melody instruments ; The sitar and the sarod ; Other melody instruments ; Ensembles ; Conclusion -- The old world joins the new. The postcolonial era ; The effect of the new democracy on music ; Electronics: preserving and spreading the traditions ; Some views form an old master.
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