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784.190285 EDS Arduino for musicians : a complete guide to arduino and teensy microcontrollers | 784.2092 MEH Zubin Mehta : the score of my life | 784.2092 MUR Absolutely on music : conversations with Seiji Ozawa | 784.300954 WAD Khyāl : creativity within North India's classical music tradition | 784.4954 WAD Essays on north india folk traditions | 784.7 MIS Before the beginning, after the end | 784.9 SUN Science of the singing voice |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is a study of khyal, the genre of North Indian classical music which has dominated in performances by highly trained vocalists for at least the past 150 years. It is also a study of cultural history. Spanning as it does a good portion of the periods of the British Raj in India, the struggle for independence, and the flourishing of India as a republic, the history of khyal and of khyal singers is a story of generous patronage by native princes, of the loss of this patronage when courts were dissolved, and of the resilience of musicians in adjusting to the vicissitudes of contemporary artistic life. The book contains an extensive bibliography and discography, as well as illustrations of khyal in performance, genealogical charts and maps. The accompanying cassette illustrates much of the music described in the book.
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