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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463570503321

Autore

Rahaim Matthew

Titolo

Musicking bodies [[electronic resource] ] : gesture and voice in Hindustani music / / Matthew Rahaim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8195-7327-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Music/culture

Disciplina

782.20954

Soggetti

Singing - India

Gesture in music

Hindustani music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Raga

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transcription; A Note on Languages and Terminology; Introduction; 1. A History of Moving and Singing in India; 2. Gesture and Melodic Motion; 3. Ragas as Spaces for Melodic Motion; 4. Melodic Motion in Time; 5. The Musicking Body; 6. The Paramparic Body; Appendix A: Planes of the Body; Appendix B: Teaching Lineages of Jitendra Abhisheki and Gajanan Rao Joshi; Appendix C: A Note on Methods; Notes; Guide to Transliteration, Glossary of Terms, and List of Names; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Investigates the life of the body in Indian vocal music