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Author Allen, Matthew Harp.

Title The Tamil Padam : A Dance Music Genre of South India
Published Singapore : Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (449 p.)
Summary This book is a study of the Bharata Natyam dance genre ""padam"" and focuses on its patrons and composers and its formal structure, texts, and music. It examines the ""rewriting"" of South Indian dance and the decades-long debates over the classicization and ownership of South Indian music
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Matthew Harp Allen is Professor Emeritus of Music and Asian Studies at Wheaton College (Massachusetts, USA). He was a long-time student of South Indian vocal music with T. Viswanathan, with whom he co-authored Music in South India (Oxford University Press). He has written several articles on the social history of Bharata Natyam dance and the classicization of music in South India in the 20th century
Subject Bharata natyam.
Dance -- India.
Songs, Tamil -- Texts -- History and criticism
Dance music -- India -- History and criticism
Carnatic music -- History and criticism
Songs, Tamil -- History and criticism
MUSIC / General
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance
Bharata natyam
Carnatic music
Dance
Dance music
Songs, Tamil
Songs, Tamil -- Texts
India
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000779288
1000779289
9781003336389
1003336388
1000779343
9781000779349
Other Titles Dance music genre of South India