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Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India

Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India

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ISBN10: 0822336316
ISBN13: 9780822336310
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Jul 18 2006
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
While Karnatic music, a form of Indian music based on the melodic principle of raga and time cycles called tala, is known today as South India's classical music, its status as classical is an early-twentieth-century construct, one that emerged in the crucible of colonial modernity, nationalist ideology, and South Indian regional politics. As Amanda J. Weidman demonstrates, in order for Karnatic music to be considered classical music, it needed to be modeled on Western classical music, with its system of notation, composers, compositions, conservatories, and concerts. At the same time, it needed to remain distinctively Indian. Weidman argues that these contradictory imperatives led to the emergence of a particular politics of voice, in which the voice came to stand for authenticity and Indianness.

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