Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre
Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with the musical genre still prevails in the twenty-first century.\ Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre examines Thumri Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective. On a cultural level, it discusses the interface between devotional and secular poetry. Furthermore, it explains the impact of social...
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Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with the musical genre still prevails in the twenty-first century. Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre examines Thumri Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective. On a cultural level, it discusses the interface between devotional and secular poetry. Furthermore, it explains the impact of social and political change on the musical life on North India.Well-written and thoroughly researched, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of South Asian studies. It will be interesting to academics across the discipline, including linguistics, politics, sociology, cultural and gender studies.
List of plates viiiAcknowledgements ixNotes on transliteration and references xiAbbreviations xiiIntroduction 1'I get no peace': the female voice in thumri 21Pining and pranking: the themes of thumri 36Courtesans and patrons: the context of thumri 51'My little bed is empty': the language of thumri 64Rhyme and metre: the form of thumri 82Genre, authenticity and tradition 98Conclusion 121Main corpus 128Glossary 206Notes 210Bibliography 221Index 230
