1st Edition
Gurudev's Drumming Legacy Music, Theory and Nationalism in the Mrdang aur Tabla Vadanpaddhati of Gurudev Patwardhan
By James Kippen
Copyright 2006
360 Pages
by
Routledge
350 Pages
by
Routledge
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The 1903 Mrdang aur Tabla Vadanpaddhati is a revelatory text that has never been translated or analysed. It is a manual for playing the two most important drums of North Indian (Hindustani) music, the pakhavaj (mrdang) and the tabla. Owing to its relative obscurity, it is a source that has never been discussed in the literature on Hindustani music. Its author, Gurudev Patwardhan, was Vice... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part 1 Music, Theory and Nationalism in the Mrdang aur Tabla Vadanpaddhati: Introduction; Gurudev, Paluskar and the history and context of the Mrdang aur Tabla Vadanpaddhati; Vinayakrao and the Mrdang-Tabla Vadanpaddhati; The structure, contents and language of the editions; Notation; Hindustani rhythmic theory; Gurudev's rhythmic theory; Vinayakrao's rhythmic theory; The repertoire; Conclusion. Part 2 Translation of the Mrdang aur Tabla Vadanpaddhati (1903) by Gurudev Patwardhan. Part 3 Translation of New Material from Mrdang-Tabla Vadanpaddhati (1938/1982) as edited by Vinayakrao Patwardhan. Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
James Kippen is Professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Canada.
'As a whole, this book will be of use to historians searching for a musically grounded view on the transformations taking place in the theory, practice, and representation of Hindustani music in the twentieth century. It will enrich the understanding of south Asian music scholars in the emergence of today's common practice on the tabla. It is also a model of modern ethnomusicological scholarship in south Asia, combining careful archival research, close readings of texts, versatility in the language and terminology of relevant treatises, and a toolbox of musical expertise built from practical performance experience and some thirty years engagement with India as a field researcher.' Asian Ethnology
