Music in South India: the Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture |
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| Author:
| Viswanathan, T.
Allen, Matthew Harp |
| Series title: | Global Music Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-514591-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | AUD $151.77AUD $201.00 |
Book Description:
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Music in South India is a volume in the Global Music Series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Campbell. This volume, appropriate for use in undergraduate, introductory courses on world music or ethnomusicology, provides a vivid introduction to the musical landscape of South India through discussion of historical and contemporary performance, cultural history and geography, and the social organization of performance traditions. The text focuses primarily on Karnatak concert music and...
More DescriptionMusic in South India is a volume in the Global Music Series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Campbell. This volume, appropriate for use in undergraduate, introductory courses on world music or ethnomusicology, provides a vivid introduction to the musical landscape of South India through discussion of historical and contemporary performance, cultural history and geography, and the social organization of performance traditions. The text focuses primarily on Karnatak concert music and its formal conventions, modes of performance, and cultural influence within the context of the religious, historical, and political landscape of South India.