Week 7
Hindustani Music
Guest lecturer and performers on Feb. 28, Dayita Datta (vocal) and Jyoti Prakas (tabla)
Readings for this week:
Michael Bakan, "From Raga to Bollywood, " in World Music: Traditions and Transformations, 2nd ed., edited by Michael Bakan (McGraw-Hill, 2012), pp. 115–42.
Reading/Listening for next week:
Ruckert, George and Richard Widdness, "The Classical Tradtion,""What is a Raga?," "Theoretical Terms and Concepts in the Hindustani Raga Tradition," and "Extramusical Associations of Ragas" in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 62–88.
"Yaman," from Rao Suvarnata, Wim van der Meer and Jane Harvey, The Raga Guide: A survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas Joep Bor, ed. Wyastone Leys (Monmouth, UK: Nimbus
Records, 1999)
"Alhaiya bilavial," from The Raga Guide
"Bhairavi," from The Raga Guide
"Yaman," from The Raga Guide
Liner notes for Ustad Imrat Khan, performance of Miyan Ki Todi
"Miyan Ki Todi," from The Raga Guide
Additional Readings
"Shuddh Kalyan," from The Raga Guide
"Miyan Ki Malhar" from The Raga Guide
Table of Contents for The Raga Guide, Nimbus
James R. Kippen, "Hindustani Tala," in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 110–37.
Bonnie Wade, "Hindustani Vocal Music, " in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 162–87.
Stephen Slawek, "Hindustani Instrumental Music, " in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 188–208.
The Raga Guide, pp. 1–26.
The Raga Guide, pp. 198–211 (notes on 1–26).
Gerry Farrell, "Indian Music and Jazz: Reflections of Form" from Indian Music and the West (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 188–200.