Based on a vast, virtually unstudied archive of Indian writings
alongside visual sources, this book presents the first history of
music and musicians in late Mughal India c.1748–1858 and takes
the lives of nine musicians as entry points into six prominent
types of writing on music in Persian, Brajbhasha, Urdu and English,
moving from Delhi to Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur and among the
British. It shows how a key Mughal cultural field responded to the
political, economic and social upheaval of the transition to
British rule, while addressing a central philosophical question:
can we ever recapture the ephemeral experience of music once the
performance is over? These rich, diverse sources shine new light on
the wider historical processes of this pivotal transitional period,
and provide a new history of music, musicians and their audiences
during the precise period in which North Indian classical music
coalesced in its modern form.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Katherine Butler Schofield
|
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-316-51785-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-316-51785-3 |
Barcode: |
9781316517857 |
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