Sacred and secular musics : a postcolonial approach / Virinder S. Kalra.

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Kalra, Virinder S

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TextSeries: Bloomsbury studies in religion and popular musicPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781441100450
1441100458
9781472552600
1472552601
9781441108661
1441108661

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred and secular musicsDDC classification:

781.70095491 23

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ML3197 .K33 2014eb

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Contents:

Alaap, introduction -- Postcolonial musicological present -- Sacred:classical:clessicul -- Crafting kirtan -- Saying qaul, being qawaal, singing qawwali -- Drumming devotion -- Finale.

Summary: How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production? This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical music in the 18th and 19th centuries, laying the ground for a contemporary exploration of what is ostensibly sacred music in South Asia. Offering a potent critique of musicological knowledge-making, Virinder S. Kalra explores examples of South Asian musics in various domains and traverses a new cartography of music in which the sacred and the secular overlap. Drawing on examples which include Qawwali, kirtan and p.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alaap, introduction -- Postcolonial musicological present -- Sacred:classical:clessicul -- Crafting kirtan -- Saying qaul, being qawaal, singing qawwali -- Drumming devotion -- Finale.

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How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production? This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical music in the 18th and 19th centuries, laying the ground for a contemporary exploration of what is ostensibly sacred music in South Asia. Offering a potent critique of musicological knowledge-making, Virinder S. Kalra explores examples of South Asian musics in various domains and traverses a new cartography of music in which the sacred and the secular overlap. Drawing on examples which include Qawwali, kirtan and p.

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