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Khayal Vocalism...
Khayal Vocalism
Continuity within Change by: Deepak S. RajaThe book presents stylistic perspectives on the music of nineteen modern and contemporary Khayàla vocalists representing five important legacies (Gharànàs) which have guided vocal music for about 200 years in India. The book makes complex musicological concepts accessible to even non-academic readers.
₹684.00
ISBN: 9788124604816
Year Of Publication: 2009
Edition: 1st
Pages : xxxiii, 316
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Foreword By : Index
Size: 22 cm.
Weight: 650
Khayala Vocalism: Continuity Within Change presents stylistic perspectives on the music of nineteen modern and contemporary Khayala vocalists, representing various legacies which have guided vocal music for about 200 years. The book is the result of over five years of research, involving the painstaking analysis of over 500 recordings spanning almost a hundred years of Khayala vocalism. The nineteen vocalists are classified into five stylistic legacies, based on their history of tutelage and the stylistic tendencies evident in their music: Agra legacy, Gwalior-Agra confluence, Jaipur-Atrauli legacy, Kairana legacy, and Patiala legacy. Written by an author of impeccable credentials as a musician, researcher and writer, the book contains seven sections. While the first section serves as an introduction to the Khayala genre and to the various Gharanas, the last presents an annexure containing the various Khayala forms, a glossary of non-English terms rendered in italics, and an index. The intervening five sections deal with the history and stylistics of the five legacies and the music of the vocalists belonging to them. The book makes complex musicological concepts accessible to non-academic readers and contributes significantly to widening the understanding of contemporary trends in Khayala vocalism.
Foreword — Ulhas Kashalkar
Preface
Acknowledgements
Key to Transliteration
Introduction — Lyle Wachovsky
Section 1: Introduction
1.1 Defining Khayala Vocalism
1.2 Stylistic Legacies in Khayala Vocalism
1.3 Stylistic Perspectives on Individual Vocalism
Section 2: The Agra Legacy
2.1 Perspectives on the Agra legacy
2.2 Ustad Faiyyaz Khan
2.3 Sharafat Hussain Khan
2.4 Purnima Sen
2.5 Sugata Marjit
Section 3: The GwaliorAgra legacy
3.1 Perspectives on the Gwalior-Agra legacy
3.2 Yashwant Buwa Joshi
3.3 Ulhas Kashalkar
Section 4: The JaipurAtrauli legacy
4.1 Perspectives on the Jaipur-Atrauli legacy
4.2 Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar
4.3 Dhondutai Kulkarni
4.4 Vijaya Jadhav-Gatlewar
4.5 Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
4.6 Arti Anklikar-Tikekar
4.7 Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar
Section 5: The Kairana legacy
5.1 Perspectives on the Kairana legacy
5.2 Sumitra Guha
5.3 Somnath Mardur
5.4 Mashkoor Ali Khan
5.5 Kaivalya Kumar
5.6 Rashid Khan
Section 6: The Patiala legacy
6.1 Perspectives on the Patiala legacy
6.2 Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
6.3 Bade Fateh Ali Khan
Annexure : An introduction to Khayala
Glossary
Index
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