Tuesday: the Carnatic tradition; Thursday: the Hindustani tradition
Reading for Tuesday:
David B. Reck, India/South India, Chapter 6 of Worlds of Music, 3rd shorter edition, ed. Jeff Titon (Schirmer, 2008)
NB: I will be supplying my own listening selections with accompanying listening "maps," so ignore those in the text
Listening map for Sarasamadana
Reading for Thursday:
Michael B. Bakan, part of "From raga to bollywood," in World Music: Traditions and Transformations, 2nd ed. (McGraw-Hil, 2012)
NB: I have included the Shankar recordings, but you should focus on the basics of Hindustani music, rather than the more contemporary material)
Reading for nest Tuesday:
Jann Pasler, "Race, Orientalism, and Distinction in the Wake of the 'Yellow Peril'," in Writing through Music: Essays on Music, Culture, and Politics (Oxford University Press, 2007), 249–82.
Transcription for Rag Alhaiya bilaval (Khyal), Shruti Sadolikar Katkar
Carnatic:
Ninnadanela, Ramnad Krishnan
Sarasamadana, Karaikudi Subramaniam
Hindustani:
Introduction to Indian Music, Ravi Shankar
Rag Sindhi Bhairavi, Ravi Shankar, sitar
Rag Alhaiya bilaval (Khyal), Shruti Sadolikar Katkar
Rag Mian Ki Todi, Ustad Vilayat Khan, sitar, Ustad Imrat Khan, surbahar, Shanta Prasad, tabla
Light Classical:
Paar Karo Kartar, Shobha Gurtu
Extras:
Open Stax lesson on Indian Classical Music
Music of India, Chandrakantha and David Courtney
UCI access:
Applying Karnatic Rhythmical Techniques to Western Music