Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre
Thumri Lyrics
Lalita du Perron
- 234 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre
Thumri Lyrics
Lalita du Perron
About This Book
Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with the musical genre still prevails in the twenty-firstcentury.
Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre examines Thumri Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective. On a cultural level, it discusses the interface between devotional and secular poetry. Furthermore, it explains the impact of social and political change on the musical life on North India.
Well-written and thoroughly researched, this book is a valuable contribution to the field ofSouth Asianstudies. It will be interesting to academics across the discipline, including linguistics, politics, sociology, cultural and gender studies.