The Life of Music in North India

The Organization of an Artistic Tradition

Bibliographic Data

ID3966201
AuthorsJames Kippen
Year1992
Volume112
Issue1
Pages171
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofThe life of music in north India: The Organization of an Artistic Tradition, Daniel M Neuman, 1990
VenueJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/604636
OpenAlexW2063661178
LanguageEN

Daniel M. Neuman offers an account of North Indian Hindustani music culture and the changing social context of which it is part, as expressed in the thoughts and actions of its professional musicians. Drawing primarily from fieldwork performed in Delhi in 1969-71?from interviewing musicians, learning and performing on the Indian fiddle, and speaking with music connoisseurs?Neuman examines the cultural and social matrix in which Hindustani music is nurtured, listened and attended to, cultivated, and consumed in contemporary India. Through his interpretation of the impact that modern media, educational institutions, and public performances exert on the music and musicians, Neuman highlights the drama of a great musical tradition engaging a changing world, and presents the adaptive strategies its practitioners employ to practice their art. His work has gained the distinction of introducing a new approach to research on Indian music, and appears in this edition with a new preface by the author

Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Music History and Culture · South Asian Cinema and Culture

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