The Tabla of Lucknow: A Cultural Analysis of a Musical Tradition - Brossura

Kippen, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521107369 ISBN 13: 9780521107365

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

The tabla is the most important and popular drum in North Indian classical music. This book aims to increase our understanding of the Lucknow tabla-playing tradition by showing what distinguishes it from other styles both musically and technically and by analysing the processes involved in composition and improvisation. In conjunction with the musical discussion James Kippen considers the socio-musical development of Lucknow from the late eighteenth century to the present day and analyses several important aspects of the lives of a particular group of hereditary musicians connected with Lucknow who specialize in the tabla. He investigates the scope for music-making in Lucknow today, the social relationships of the musicians and the controversial topic of political intrigue, perceptions of, and attitudes towards, musical change, and institutionalised methods of musical instruction.

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The tabla is the most important and popular drum in North Indian classical music. This book aims to increase our understanding of the Lucknow tabla-playing tradition by showing what distinguishes it from other styles both musically and technically and by analysing the processes involved in composition and improvisation.

Contenuti:

1. An introduction to Lucknow; 2. Musical life in present-day Lucknow; 3. The social relationships of musicians; 4. Tabla gharānās in Lucknow; 5. Musical change as a result of perceptions and attitudes; 6. Learning the tabla; 7. Lucknow tabla technique; 8. The Repertoire.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521107369
• ISBN 13: 9780521107365
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 248