Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan - Hardcover

Daniel Neuman; Shubha Chaudhuri; With Komal Kothari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905422075 ISBN 13: 9781905422074

Publisher: Seagull Books, 2006

Synopsis

Bards, Ballads and Boundaries presents an atlas of one of the world“s richest historical musical traditions. The Atlas is a cartography and catalogue of musicians and music-making in the Western districts of Rajasthan State in contemporary India. Based on extensive statistical and cultural data, it provides an ethnographic survey of musical traditions organized on the basis of specific communities of music specialists, their patrons, and the music they produce. Much of the cultural context of Rajasthan“s musical history is based on the epic songs of its bardic traditions. These traditions are very much alive today and now enjoy a new global audience extending far beyond Rajasthan“s borders.

About this title

Book Description:

Here is a highly illustrated cartography and catalogue of musicians and music-making in the Western districts of Rajasthan State in contemporary India. Based on extensive statistical and cultural data, it provides an ethnographic survey of musical traditions organized on the basis of specific communities of music specialists, their patrons, and the music they produce.

About the Author:

Daniel Neuman is Executive Vice Chancellor at UCLA in Los Angles and the author of Life and Music in North India.  Shubha Chaudhuri is the Director of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies. She is also the Vice-President, International Association of Sound and Visual Archives.  Komal Kothari was director and founder of Rupayan Sansthan, an institute of folklore in Rajasthan for over four decades.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1905422075
• ISBN 13: 9781905422074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 540