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Resonances of the Raj : India in the English musical imagination, 1897-1947 / Nalini Ghuman.

Av:

Ghuman, Nalini [aut]

Språk: Engelska Utgivning: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Beskrivning: xv, 345 s. ill., musiknoterISBN:

9780199314898

Ämne:

DDK-klassifikation:

780.9410954 23/swe

SAB-klassifikation:

Ijb-e.5
Ijb-oba.5
Ija

Innehåll:

A subtle and exquisite spirit: Maud MacCarthy and Indian music in Britain ; Elephants and Mughals, contraltos and G-strings: how Elgar got his Englishness ; From India to the planet Mars: Gustav Holst ; Songs that moved the world: Amy Woodforde-Finden's Indian love lyrics ; Persian composer-pianist baffles: Kaikhosru Sorabji ; Modes, mantras and Grandharvas: John Foulds's passage to India

Sammanfattning: This text examines the ramifications of the intertwined and overlapping histories of Britain and India on English music in the last fifty years of the colonial encounter, and traces the effects of the British Raj on the English musical imagination. Through a series of case studies, author Nalini Ghuman integrates music directly into the cultural history of the British Raj, revealing unexpected minglings of peoples, musics, and ideas that raise questions about 'Englishness', about the nature of Empire, and about the fixedness of identity

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	Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A				B30.015				1	Available			26201837206

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This text examines the ramifications of the intertwined and overlapping histories of Britain and India on English music in the last fifty years of the colonial encounter, and traces the effects of the British Raj on the English musical imagination. Through a series of case studies, author Nalini Ghuman integrates music directly into the cultural history of the British Raj, revealing unexpected minglings of peoples, musics, and ideas that raise questions about 'Englishness', about the nature of Empire, and about the fixedness of identity