Music as artisan tradition

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4987809
AutoresTushar Roy (0000-0002-4183-2781, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, autor de correspondencia), Tirthankar Roy (0000-0002-6279-8447)
Año1998
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas21-42
Fecha de publicación1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaContributions to Indian Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0069-9659 • E-ISSN: 0069-9667
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/006996679803200102
OpenAlexW2052017397
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas11

This paper attempts to explain three widely-held 'stylised facts' about the recent history of north Indian classical music. First, in the precolonial period, music and musicians were patronised by the courts. Second, from the early colonial period patronage declined and music tended to be commercialised. And third, in the process, accumulated knowledge and the quality of crafts manship decayed. In a received view in music scholarship, the transition from patronage to market involved an institutional change and a diffusion of teaching from 'family' to out siders. Decay is attributed to the consequent reluctance of masters to teach well. The paper disputes this view. It suggests that the decay can be seen as an imperfect adaptation by individuals to the changing economic environment, and that this is a more general phenomenon than music scholarship believes. On the other hand, in the instructional system, which was primarily apprenticeship, there was substantial continuity. In this interpretation, music history can be seen to belong to a larger history of north Indian craftsmanship. The paper illustrates this proposition by drawing on the experiences of other skilled urban crafts

Aesthetics · Apprenticeship · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Epistemology · History of music · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Music education · Music history · Pedagogy · Period (music · Phenomenon · Political science · Proposition · Quality (philosophy · Scholarship · Sociology · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy