Khyal
Creativity within North India's Classical Music Tradition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2605290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel M Neuman (corresponding author), Bonnie C Wade, Bonnie Wade |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnomusicology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1836 • E-ISSN: 2156-7417 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/852229 |
| OpenAlex | W2469688949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This book is a study of khyal, the genre of North Indian classical music which has dominated in performances by highly trained vocalists for at least the past 150 years. It is also a study of cultural history. Spanning as it does a good portion of the periods of the British Raj in India, the struggle for independence, and the flourishing of India as a republic, the history of khyal and of khyal singers is a story of generous patronage by native princes, of the loss of this patronage when courts were dissolved, and of the resilience of musicians in adjusting to the vicissitudes of contemporary artistic life. The book contains an extensive bibliography and discography, as well as illustrations of khyal in performance, genealogical charts and maps. The accompanying cassette illustrates much of the music described in the book
Aesthetics · Art · Classical music · Classical tradition · Creativity · Literature · Musical · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Psychology · Social Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2015 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |