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Music in North India: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

Door George Ruckert

Categorie
Algemeen Muziek
Boeknummer
#387025-UG12
Titel
Music in North India: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Auteur
Ruckert, George
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York etc. : Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
0195139933
ISBN13
9780195139938
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, CD-ROM in pocket in rear, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Music in North India provides a representative overview of this music, discussing rhythm and drumming traditions, song composition and performance styles, and melodic and rhythmic instruments. Drawing on his experience as a sarod player, vocalist, and music teacher, author George Ruckert incorporates numerous musical exercises to demonstrate important concepts. The book ranges from the chants of the ancient Vedas to modern devotional singing and from the serious and meditative rendering of raga to the concert-hall excitement of the modern sitar, sarod, and tabla. It is framed around three major topics: the devotional component of North Indian music, the idea of fixity and spontaneity in the various styles of Indian music, and the importance of the verbal syllable to the expression of the m... (Lees verder)usical aesthetic in North India.
Pagina's
100
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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