Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical TraditionA provocative account of the development of modern national culture in India using classical music as a case study. Janaki Bakhle demonstrates how the emergence of an "Indian" cultural tradition reflected colonial and exclusionary practices, particularly the exclusion of Muslims by the Brahmanic elite, which occurred despite the fact that Muslims were the major practiti oners of the Indian music that was installed as a "Hindu" national tradition. This book lays bare how a nation's imaginings--from politics to culture--reflect rather than transform societal divisions. |
Contents
| 3 | |
The Prince and the Musician Native States Bureaucracy and Colonial Influence | 20 |
Music Enters the Public Sphere Colonial Writing Marathi Theater and Music Appreciation Societies | 50 |
The Contradictions of Musics Modernity Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande | 96 |
The Certainty of Musics Modernity Vishnu Digambar Paluskar | 137 |
Music in Public and National Conversation Conferences Institutions and Agendas 19161928 | 180 |
The Musician and Gharana Modern Abdul Karim Khan and Hirabai Barodekar | 215 |
A Critical History of Music Beyond Nostalgia and Celebration | 256 |
NOTES | 263 |
GLOSSARY | 307 |
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