Dhrupad : tradition and performance in Indian music
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Dhrupad : tradition and performance in Indian music
（SOAS musicology series）
Routledge, 2023, c2004
- : pbk
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"First published 2004 by Ashgate. Reprint published 2023 by Routledge." -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-374) and indexes
Summary: "Dhrupad is believed to be the oldest style of classical vocal music performed today in North India. This detailed study of the genre considers the relationship between the oral tradition, its transmission from generation to generation, and its re-creation in performance. There is an overview of the historical development of the dhrupad tradition and its performance style from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and of the musical lineages that carried it forward into the twentieth century, followed by analyses of performance techniques, processes, and styles. The authors examine the relationship between the structures provided by tradition and their realization by the performer to throw light on the nature of tradition and creativity in Indian music, and the book ends with an account of the 'revival' movement of the late 20th century that re-established the genre in new contexts. Augmented with an analytical transcription of a complete dhrupad performance, this is the first book-length study
Contents of Works
- What is Dhrupad?
- The Historical Emergence of Dhrupad Style
- Tradition and Style : Th Four Banis
- The Transmission of Tradition : The Dagar Heritage
- Alap and Tradition
- An Alap Performance in the Dagar Tradition
- Composition and Tradition
- Performing the Composition : Rhythmic Variation and Improvisation
- Dhrupad in the Modern World : Tradition, Performance and Revival
