| Veena Dhanammal: The Making of a Legend Contributor(s): Subramanian, Lakshmi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415446112 ISBN-13: 9780415446112 Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: This book looks at the life and music of Veena Dhanammal (1866-1938), considered the embodiment of 'classicism' in Karnatik music. It locates her art within the cultural, social and intellectual milieu she inhabited, allowing readers to track the changing musical landscape of southern India, as a process of urbanisation - beginning in the late nineteenth century - resulted in Karnatik music's movement from a ritual and courtly location to a modern, secular form of entertainment in the city space. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 780.9 |
| Series: Pathfinders |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.40 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book looks at the life and music of Veena Dhanammal (1866-1938), considered the embodiment of 'classicism' in Karnatik music. It locates her art within the cultural, social and intellectual milieu she inhabited, allowing readers to track the changing musical landscape of southern India, as a process of urbanisation -- beginning in the late nineteenth century -- resulted in Karnatik music's movement from a ritual and courtly location to a modern, secular form of entertainment in the city space. |