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Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music. By Ritwak Sanyal and Richard Widdess. Burlington, VT: Ash-gate, 2004. (SOAS Musicology Series.) [xxii, 395 p. ISBN 0-7546-0379-2. $114.95.] Music examples, bibliography, index, compact disc.
There is much about Indian classical music traditions that remains unknown. This is due, in part, to the difficulties of reconstituting genres from ancient treatises and deducing musical styles from current practice and musical memories rooted in oral transmission. Studies of Indian classical genres can also easily become mired in technical terminology or fall into pedantic and unenlightened theoretical discourses disconnected from performance practice. Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music seems to avoid such pitfalls effortlessly, and despite several technical chapters, the authors more than successfully present what could be rather dry, historical material in an engaging and fluid narrative informed by their extensive musical experience.
Dhrupad is one of the oldest, continuous living forms of music, and any exploration of this ancient genre is destined to reveal a wealth of information on Indian culture and its musical traditions, be they vocal or instrumental. In their book, Sanyal and Widdess address this...
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