Dapha: Sacred Singing in a South Asian City - Music, Performance and Meaning in Bhaktapur, Nepal (Hardcover, New Ed)

Dapha, or dapha bhajan, is a genre of Hindu-Buddhist devotional singing, performed by male, non-professional musicians of the farmer and other castes belonging to the Newar ethnic group, in the towns and villages of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The songs, their texts, and their characteristic responsorial performance-style represent an extension of pan-South Asian traditions of raga- and tala-based devotional song, but at the same time embody distinctive characteristics of Newar culture. This culture is of unique importance as an urban South Asian society in which many traditional models survive into the modern age. There are few book-length studies of non-classical vocal music in South Asia, and none of dapha. Richard Widdess describes the music and musical practices of dapha, accounts for their historical origins and later transformations, investigates links with other South Asian traditions, and describes a cultural world in which music is an integral part of everyday social and religious life. The book focusses particularly on the musical system and structures of dapha, but aims to integrate their analysis with that of the cultural and historical context of the music, in order to address the question of what music means in a traditional South Asian society.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	SOAS Studies in Music
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Richard Widdess
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	364
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-6601-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Promotions
LSN:	1-4094-6601-9
Barcode:	9781409466017

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