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This book is the only work in English devoted to jarigan, a major genre of Islamic bardic song in South Asia. The themes of the songs originally concerned heroic episodes from a seventh-century battle between Muslims, a battle which is commemorated annually by Shia Muslims in their Muharram Festival. The compositional form of jarigan songs now serves for a wide range of themes, including Arabian Nights style of romances and songs about topical issues.
The book provides a history of the repertory, descriptions of the soloist-cum-chorus performances, and explanations of the poetic and musical structures of the songs. As well as Chapter Notes, the book contains a Glossary, Bibliography, Index, photoprints in color and in black-and-white, maps, transcriptions of song texts in Bengali, translations in English, musical notations, and a list of jarigan recordings. The book comes with an audio cassette.
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About the Author:
Mary Frances Dunham studied music composition in New York and Paris. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Teaching Classical Languages from Harvard University and one in Indic Studies from Columbia University. She has written articles and co-edited works specializing in the music of South Asia, including Ravi Shankar's Ravi Shankar: Learning Indian Music, A Systematic Approach (1979). During the 1960s, Dunham was introduced to jarigan songs when Jasimuddin, an eminent Bangladeshi poet and collector of folk song texts, asked her to make musical notations of songs he was gathering for his book, Jarigan (1968). She received a grant from the Ford Foundation for further field work and research in order to prepare material for the present book on jarigan. The book represents her latest effort to acquaint a wide audience with the exceptional qualities of Bangladeshi folk songs.
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Text: English, Bengali
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- PublisherUniversity Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 9840513699
- ISBN 13 9789840513697
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages370
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Jarigan: Muslim Epic Songs of Bangladesh
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University Press, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(1997)
ISBN 10: 9840513699
ISBN 13: 9789840513697
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xxvii, 370pp., errata, index, biblio., glossary, figures, music. Bumped and with light to moderate edgewear. "The present book is designed for the general reader as well as for specialists in the literature and music of Bangladesh. The author explores the origins of jarigan songs and reconstructs the program and staging of their full-scale recitals. She describes current singers and the modern uses of the jarigan texts in Bengali and English." Lacks cassette. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 003403
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