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Music of the Raj

Author : Ian Woodfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Music of the Raj written by Ian Woodfield and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music of the Raj is a study of musical life in late eighteenth-century Anglo-Indian society, based on the unpublished correspondence of an extended network of families. The writers of these letters - amateurs with a passionate commitment to the art of music - provide a perceptive commentaryon many of the major issues of the day: the stylistic change from Baroque to Galant, the replacement of the harpsichord with the pianoforte, the establishment of the musical canon, and the growing economic and cultural influence of women musicians. Among the topics discussed are the transport,tuning and maintenance of instruments, the relationship between amateur pupil and professional teacher, the conduct of the domestic musical soiree, the role of glee singing in courtship, and the musical education of children. An account is also given of the growth of an expatriate musical cultureamong the European inhabitants of early colonial Calcutta, and the musical tastes of major Anglo-Indian figures such as Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, and Sir William Jones are assessed. English attitudes to Indian music is an important theme, especially as manifested in the fashion for theHindostannie airs, transcriptions of Indian melodies in European musical language. The study concludes with an examination of the musical lives of wealthy nabobs back in England, where they immersed themselves in Indian musical culture, taking the Grand Tour, supporting opera at the Kings Theatre,and employing fashionable Italian teachers for their children.

Music of the Raj

Author : Ian Woodfield
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191541737
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Music of the Raj written by Ian Woodfield and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music of the Raj is a study of musical life in late eighteenth-century Anglo-Indian society, based on the unpublished correspondence of an extended network of families. The writers of these letters - amateurs with a passionate commitment to the art of music - provide a perceptive commentary on many of the major issues of the day: the stylistic change from Baroque to Galant, the replacement of the harpsichord with the pianoforte, the establishment of the musical canon, and the growing economic and cultural influence of women musicians. Among the topics discussed are the transport, tuning and maintenance of instruments, the relationship between amateur pupil and professional teacher, the conduct of the domestic musical soirée, the role of glee singing in courtship, and the musical education of children. An account is also given of the growth of an expatriate musical culture among the European inhabitants of early colonial Calcutta, and the musical tastes of major Anglo-Indian figures such as Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, and Sir William Jones are assessed. English attitudes to Indian music is an important theme, especially as manifested in the fashion for the Hindostannie airs, transcriptions of Indian melodies in European musical language. The study concludes with an examination of the musical lives of wealthy nabobs back in England, where they immersed themselves in Indian musical culture, taking the Grand Tour, supporting opera at the Kings Theatre, and employing fashionable Italian teachers for their children.

Music Makers on Record

Author : Suvi Raj Grubb
Publisher : London : H. Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Music Makers on Record written by Suvi Raj Grubb and published by London : H. Hamilton. This book was released on 1986 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Raj

Author : Lawrence James
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312263829
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book Raj written by Lawrence James and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-08-12 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critically acclaimed author of "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" comes an unapologetic revisionist history of British rule in India. James recounts the twists and turns of imperialism and independence with a wealth of new material. 8-page photo insert.

Resonances of the Raj

Author : Nalini Ghuman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019931490X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Resonances of the Raj written by Nalini Ghuman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the century of British rule of the Indian subcontinent known as the British Raj, the rulers felt the significant influence of their exotic subjects. Resonances of the Raj examines the ramifications of the intertwined and overlapping histories of Britain and India on English music in the last fifty years of the colonial encounter, and traces the effects of the Raj on the English musical imagination. Conventional narratives depict a one-way influence of Britain on India, with the 'discovery' of Indian classical music occurring only in the post-colonial era. Drawing on new archival sources and approaches in cultural studies, author Nalini Ghuman shows that on the contrary, England was both deeply aware of and heavily influenced by India musically during the Indian-British colonial encounter. Case studies of representative figures, including composers Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst, and Maud MacCarthy, an ethnomusicologist and performer of the era, integrate music directly into the cultural history of the British Raj. Ghuman thus reveals unexpected minglings of peoples, musics and ideas that raise questions about 'Englishness', the nature of Empire, and the fixedness of identity. Richly illustrated with analytical music examples and archival photographs and documents, many of which appear here in print for the first time, Resonances of the Raj brings fresh hearings to both familiar and little-known musics of the time, and reveals a rich and complex history of cross-cultural musical imaginings which leads to a reappraisal of the accepted historiographies of both British musical culture and of Indo-Western fusion.

Indian Tales of the Raj

Author : Zareer Masani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520071278
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Indian Tales of the Raj written by Zareer Masani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As rich and varied as India itself, these accounts bring to the reader the Indian perspective on the British Raj. Included are the memories and experiences of more than fifty Indian men and women who worked under the British, made friends with them, and then fought to throw them out. They describe the role of apprentice under the sahibs, the complex racial barriers that divided the rulers from the ruled, the Western education which eventually encouraged rebellion, and the ways in which liberal British political arguments were turned against the Raj by nationalist campaigns to force the British to quit India.

American Popular Music in Britain's Raj

Author : Bradley Shope
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 158046548X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book American Popular Music in Britain's Raj written by Bradley Shope and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first systematic study to address the character and scope of American popular music in India during British rule.

The British in India

Author : David Gilmour
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374116857
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The British in India written by David Gilmour and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence Who of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary? What motivated them to travel halfway around the globe, what lives did they lead when they got there, and what did they think about it all? Full of spirited, illuminating anecdotes drawn from long-forgotten memoirs, correspondence, and government documents, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in “the jewel in the crown” of the British Empire. David Gilmour captures the substance and texture of their work, home, and social lives, and illustrates how these transformed across the several centuries of British presence and rule in the subcontinent, from the East India Company’s first trading station in 1615 to the twilight of the Raj and Partition and Independence in 1947. He takes us through remote hill stations, bustling coastal ports, opulent palaces, regimented cantonments, and dense jungles, revealing the country as seen through British eyes, and wittily reveling in all the particular concerns and contradictions that were a consequence of that limited perspective. The British in India is a breathtaking accomplishment, a vivid and balanced history written with brio, elegance, and erudition.

"Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s?940s "

Author : Bennett Zon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351557580
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book "Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s?940s " written by Bennett Zon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a significant gap in current scholarship, the fourteen original essays that make up this volume individually and collectively reflect on the relationship between music and Orientalism in the British Empire over the course of the long nineteenth century. The book is in four themed sections. 'Portrayal of the East' traces the routes from encounter to representation and restores the Orient to its rightful place in histories of Orientalism. 'Interpreting Concert Music' looks at one of the principal forms in which Orientalism could be brought to an eager and largely receptive - yet sometimes resistant - mass market. 'Words and Music' investigates the confluence of musical and Orientalist themes in different genres of writing, including criticism, fiction and travel writing. Finally, 'The Orientalist Stage' discusses crucial sites of Orientalist representation - music theatre and opera - as well as tracing similar phenomena in twentieth-century Hindi cinema. These final chapters examine the rendering of the East as 'unachievable and unrecognizable' for the consuming gaze of the western spectator.

Children of the Raj

Author : Vyvyen Brendon
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780227477
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Raj written by Vyvyen Brendon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vyvyen Brendon's evocative, at times heart-tugging book, runs from the 18th century and the East India Company, through the Afghan wars, the Indian mutiny and the more settled era of the Queen Empress, and culminates in the conflict leading to Britain's hurried exit in 1947. Its subject is the young progeny of traders, soldiers, civil servants, missionaries, planters, engineers and what should be done with them. Until the coming of air travel these children often only saw their parents every few years. Then there were the children born of Anglo-Indian marriages and affairs. Sent back to Britain they were often reviled as 'darkies', 'a touch of the tar-brush'. And then there were the children educated in India. Brendon reveals appalling stories of abuse at the hands of servants. What frequently unites Brendon's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and interviews, she portrays children who had to discipline themselves to adapt (often ingeniously) to unfamiliar cultures, far away from family and forced to spend termtime in boarding schools and holidays with unfamiliar families.

Armies of the Raj

Author : Byron Farwell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393308020
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Armies of the Raj written by Byron Farwell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a profusion of anecdotes conveying the character of India under British rule. Farwell offers a panoramic survey of the Indian army during the 90 years between the Sepoy Revolt and the births of independent India and Pakistan ...

The Billionaire Raj

Author : James Crabtree
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1524760072
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Billionaire Raj written by James Crabtree and published by Crown. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful and revealing portrait of the rise of India’s new billionaire class in a radically unequal society India is the world’s largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than China’s. But the rewards of this growth have been far from evenly shared, and the country’s top 1% now own nearly 60% of its wealth. In megacities like Mumbai, where half the population live in slums, the extraordinary riches of India’s new dynasties echo the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers of America's Gilded Age, funneling profits from huge conglomerates into lifestyles of conspicuous consumption. James Crabtree’s The Billionaire Raj takes readers on a personal journey to meet these reclusive billionaires, fugitive tycoons, and shadowy political power brokers. From the sky terrace of the world’s most expensive home to impoverished villages and mass political rallies, Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a combustible backdrop of aspiration, class, and caste. The Billionaire Raj is a vivid account of a divided society on the cusp of transformation—and a struggle that will shape not just India’s future, but the world’s.

The Limited Raj

Author : Anand A. Yang
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520329600
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Limited Raj written by Anand A. Yang and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Adventures of Raj & Snowy

Author : Pooja Nanda
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1637816537
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Adventures of Raj & Snowy written by Pooja Nanda and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Raj meets his magical friend Snowy the cat, his life changes forever. After that, nothing seems impossible. Together, they face daunting challenges and overcome those together. Every story has a twist or a hidden obstacle to overcome. Master Coach drives away fear forever. Here animals teach life lessons. The Magic brush enables Raj and Snowy to become the frontier force. Together with the elves they resolve the Corona problem! Every story provides a sense of wonder and possibility. Fairies, elves and animals share the adventures of Raj and Snowy. Be it the wolf, the snake, the river or the hill, they never forget their love for animals or the needy. With every adventure they learn to become better and bolder. Every adventure has lovely treats, dance and songs that Raj and Snowy often sing. Everyone is invited to be a part of their adventurous safari!

Bollywood Sounds

Author : Jayson Beaster-Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199862540
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Bollywood Sounds written by Jayson Beaster-Jones and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title surveys the music of seventy years of Hindi films and provides a long-term investigation of film songs and their musical and cinematic conventions. Focusing on the music of Hindi language films (id est Bollywood) in their historical, social, and commercial contexts, the author pays special attention to the meanings that songs generate inside and outside film narratives and within Indian society at large.

The Chaos of Empire

Author : Jon Wilson
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610392949
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Chaos of Empire written by Jon Wilson and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular image of the British Raj-an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days and torrid nights-chronicled by Forster and Kipling is a glamorous, nostalgic, but entirely fictitious. In this dramatic revisionist history, Jon Wilson upends the carefully sanitized image of unity, order, and success to reveal an empire rooted far more in violence than in virtue, far more in chaos than in control. Through the lives of administrators, soldiers, and subjects-both British and Indian-The Chaos of Empire traces Britain's imperial rule from the East India Company's first transactions in the 1600s to Indian Independence in 1947. The Raj was the most public demonstration of a state's ability to project power far from home, and its perceived success was used to justify interventions around the world in the years that followed. But the Raj's institutions-from law courts to railway lines-were designed to protect British power without benefiting the people they ruled. This self-serving and careless governance resulted in an impoverished people and a stifled society, not a glorious Indian empire. Jon Wilson's new portrait of a much-mythologized era finally and convincingly proves that the story of benign British triumph was a carefully concocted fiction, here thoroughly and totally debunked.

Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008498784
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom written by Ramachandra Guha and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one’ SAM DALRYMPLE, SPECTATOR ‘Fascinating and provocative’ LITERARY REVIEW