Course Handout
INSTRUCTION DIVISION SECOND SEMESTER 2012-2013 Course Handout (Part-II) Date: 12/12/2012 In addition to part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion gives further specific details regarding the course. Course No. Course Title Instructor-in-charge : BHC-C132 : Appreciation of Indian Music : Mr. Yamla
1. Scope and Objective of the Course: This course intends to inform the debates, issues and development of Indian music over the last century. The course will be mostly theoretical which will include weekly readings, occasionally supplemented by audio recordings. Apart from the development of Indian classical music, the students will also examine other musical forms including popular and folk music and the contemporary practices around sound. 2. Text Book: Roy Ravindra, An approach to Sangeet Notes EDD 2005 3. Reference Books: 1. Amanda J Weidman Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial politics of Music in South India Duke University Press 2. Janaki Bakhle Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition Permanent Black 2008 3. Ravi Shankar and Peter Lavezzoli The Dawn of Indian Music in the West Continuum 4. Matthew Harp Allen and Tanjore Vishwanathan Music in South India: The Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond: Experiencing Music Expressing Culture Oxford University Press 5. Lakshmi Subramaniam From the Tanjore Court to the Madras Music Academy: A Social History of Music in South India Oxford University Press 2011 6. Subramaniam, Lakshmi Veena Dhanammal: The Making of a Legend Routledge 2009 7. Sheila Dhar Rag N Josh: Stories from a Musical Life Hachette India 2011
4. Course Plan: Week No. 1-2 Learning Objectives What categorises as “Indian” music? Topics to be covered a. Questioning the Absolutes b. “Indian” Music – Identity politics, Nation building, Colonial impact c. Categories of classical, popular/folk/modern d. Questions of Tradition and Culture 3-4 Basic Musical
1. Scope and Objective of the Course: This course intends to inform the debates, issues and development of Indian music over the last century. The course will be mostly theoretical which will include weekly readings, occasionally supplemented by audio recordings. Apart from the development of Indian classical music, the students will also examine other musical forms including popular and folk music and the contemporary practices around sound. 2. Text Book: Roy Ravindra, An approach to Sangeet Notes EDD 2005 3. Reference Books: 1. Amanda J Weidman Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial politics of Music in South India Duke University Press 2. Janaki Bakhle Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition Permanent Black 2008 3. Ravi Shankar and Peter Lavezzoli The Dawn of Indian Music in the West Continuum 4. Matthew Harp Allen and Tanjore Vishwanathan Music in South India: The Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond: Experiencing Music Expressing Culture Oxford University Press 5. Lakshmi Subramaniam From the Tanjore Court to the Madras Music Academy: A Social History of Music in South India Oxford University Press 2011 6. Subramaniam, Lakshmi Veena Dhanammal: The Making of a Legend Routledge 2009 7. Sheila Dhar Rag N Josh: Stories from a Musical Life Hachette India 2011
4. Course Plan: Week No. 1-2 Learning Objectives What categorises as “Indian” music? Topics to be covered a. Questioning the Absolutes b. “Indian” Music – Identity politics, Nation building, Colonial impact c. Categories of classical, popular/folk/modern d. Questions of Tradition and Culture 3-4 Basic Musical