Burma, Kipling and Western music : the riff from Mandalay / / Andrew Selth

• Autore: Selth Andrew
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 pages)
• Disciplina: 781.5/99
• Soggetto topico: Music - 19th century - History and criticism; Music - 20th century - History and criticism; Music - Burmese influences; Orientalism in music
• Soggetto geografico: Burma Songs and music History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Setting the scene -- 2. Burma and Western music before 'Mandalay' -- 3. Rudyard Kipling and 'Mandalay' -- 4. Burma and Western music after 'Mandalay' -- 5. Patterns and particulars -- 6. Burma's changing soundscape -- 7. And the band played on -- 8. Afterword.
• Sommario/riassunto: For decades, scholars have been trying to answer the question: how was colonial Burma perceived in and by the Western world, and how did people in countries like the United Kingdom and United States form their views? This book explores how Western perceptions of Burma were influenced by the popular music of the day. From the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824-6 until Burma regained its independence in 1948, more than 180 musical works with Burma-related themes were written in English-speaking countries, in addition to the many hymns composed in and about Burma by Christian missionaries. Servicemen posted to Burma added to the lexicon with marches and ditties, and after 1913 most movies about Burma had their own distinctive scores. Taking Rudyard Kipling's 1890 ballad Mandalay' as a critical turning point, this book surveys all these works with emphasis on popular songs and show tunes, also looking at classical works, ballet scores, hymns, soldiers' songs, sea shanties, and film soundtracks. It examines how they influenced Western perceptions of Burma, and in turn reflected those views back to Western audiences. The book sheds new light not only on the West's historical relationship with Burma, and the colonial music scene, but also Burma's place in the development of popular music and the rise of the global music industry. In doing so, it makes an original contribution to the fields of musicology and Asian Studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Burma, Kipling and Western music
• ISBN: 1-315-64773-7; 1-317-29889-6; 1-317-29890-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149378303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in music ; ; 14.