An insider's eight-decade overview of South India's 20th century
classical music culture. This book offers an account of Carnatic
music culture drawing on the knowledge of T. Sankaran, a musician
raised in an illustrious non-Brahmin devadasi family, and his long
affiliation with cultural institutions including All India Radio
(AIR) and the Tamil Isai Sangam (Tamil Music Academy). 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. The memoir provides insight
into the way AIR worked as a modern, bureaucratic institution, and
how the opening of government music colleges interacted with caste
politics and the shifted womens' participation in public
performance. The book is polyvocal, as Sankaran's writing is
interwoven with passages from Daniel Neuman's book The Life of
Music in North India, which inspired Sankaran's project, as well as
transcripts from interviews with Sankaran by Matthew Allen.
Includes rare archival photos.
General
Imprint: |
Wesleyan University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Music / Culture |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
T. Sankaran
|
Editors: |
Matthew Harp Allen
• Daniel Neuman
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
244 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8195-0073-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-8195-0073-9 |
Barcode: |
9780819500731 |
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