Guy L Beck

Sonic Liturgy

Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

A groundbreaking study into the parallel developments of worship and musical performance in Hindu culture

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781611170375
• ISBN-10: 1611170370
• Artikelnr.: 33817618

Autorenporträt

Guy L. Beck is the author of Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound and editor of Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions. A U.S. Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellow, Beck has spent more than six years in India studying Hinduism and music, and he has written extensively on the role of sound and music in Indian traditions. Beck teaches religion and music at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans.