Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern – The Postcolonial Politics of Music …
Singing the Classical, Voicing the ModernThe Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India\nAuthor(s): Amanda J. Weidman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822336310, 978-0822336310\nSynopsis\nWhile Karnatic music, a form of Indian music based on the melodic principle of raga and time cycles called tala, is known today as South Indias classical music, its status as classical is an early-twentieth-century construct, one that emerged in the crucible of colonial modernity, nationalist ideology, and South Indian regional politics. As Amanda J. Weidman demonstrates, in order for Karnatic music to be considered classical music, it needed to be modeled on Western classical music, with its system of notation, composers, compositions, conservatories, and concerts. At the same time, it needed to remain distinctively Indian. Weidman argues that these contradictory imperatives led to the emergence of a particular polit.
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