T. Sankaran

The Life of Music in South India

Herausgeber: Allen, Matthew Harp; Neuman, Daniel

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Produktbeschreibung

"Sankaran examines the cultural and social matrix in which Carnatic music was cultivated and consumed in mid-twentieth century India, including the ways that musicians negotiated caste politics and the double standard for male and female musicians. Sankaran's memoir is interwoven with passages from Daniel M. Neuman's work on music in North India, which inspired Sankaran's project, and interviews with Sankaran by Matthew Allen"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wesleyan University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780819500731
• ISBN-10: 0819500739
• Artikelnr.: 67527385

Autorenporträt

T. SANKARAN [1906--2000] was a scholar and vocalist, and an officer at All India Radio and served as secretary of the Tami Isai Sangam (Tamil Music Academy. He wrote extensively for Sruti Magazine of Indian Music and Dance, The Indian Express, The Hindu, and other Madras and national newspapers. MATTHEW HARP ALLEN (Mansfield, MA) is professor of music, emeritus at Wheaton College and co-author with T. Viswanathan of Music in South India: The Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond. He has written several articles on the social history of South Indian dance and the classicization of Carnatic music. He studied Karnatak vocal music with the late T. Viswanathan and for several years was a vocal accompanist for the dance recitals of Viswa's niece Lakshmi Shanmukham Knight. DANIEL M. NEUMAN (Los Angeles, CA) is emeritus professor of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of numerous books, including The Life of Music in North India.