Lalita Du Perron

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre (eBook, ePUB)

Thumri Lyrics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. Du Perron examines Thumi Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134159918
• Artikelnr.: 42669939

Autorenporträt

Lalita du Perron received her PhD from SOAS, University of London. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Music, SOAS, and she specialises in music and poetry of the classics of Hindustani music 1903-75.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. "I Get No Peace": The Female Voice in Thumri 3. Pining &
Pranking: The Themes of Thumri 4. Courtesans & Patrons: The Context of
Thumri 5. "My Little Bed is Empty": The Language of Thumri 6. Rhyme &
Metre: The Form of Thumri 7. Genre, Authenticity, and Tradition 8.
Conclusion. Main Corpus