Hindustani Music and the Aesthetic Concept of Form-Anjali Mittal-DKPD-9788124601341
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| With its roots in
the Samaveda (which treats it as a ‘divine art’), music in India has a long,
splendid tradition. Over the centuries, it has absorbed fresh influences and
experimented with new forms to finally evolve into two meticulously codified
classical systems: Hindustani and Carnatic. In today’s growing library of
writings on Hindustani music, Anjali Mittal’s research is yet another
valuable addition adopting, as it does, a viewpoint which has been neglected
so far, namely, the viewpoint of contemporary western aesthetics. It is for
the first time that this monograph examines the concept of form in Hindustani
classical music. In this context, analytic attention has been focussed on
some select compositions in dhruvapada, dhamar, tarana, vilambit and drut
khyal genres of Hindustani classical vocal music. A wide variety of drut
tanas has also been analysed in terms of notation and linear diagrams. Such
diagrams, in fact, distinguish the present volume. Analysis of some
rhythm-cycles and rhythmic patterns is another feature of this book.
Thoroughly documented and written in a jargon-free language, the study
includes a contextual discussion of aesthetics, artistic expression,
aesthetic predicates and, above all, the concept of artistic form. The work
may be expected to interest all those who want an analytic understanding of
what form (or bandisha) means in the region of Hindustani classical vocal
music. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124601341
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
2009 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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