Music and Temple Ritual in South India
Performing for Śiva
Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-31376-4 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-31376-4 (ISBN)
Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva explores the musical practices of the periya mēḷam, a South Indian instrumental temple ensemble of professional musicians.
Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva documents the musical practices of the periya mēḷam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the rituals and festivals of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Śiva – an important patron of music since at least the tenth century. It explores the ways in which music and ritual are mutually constitutive, illuminating the cultural logics whereby performing and listening are integral to the kinetic, sensory and affective experiences that enable, shape and stimulate ritual communication in present-day devotional Hinduism. More than a rich and vivid ethnographic description of a local tradition, the book also develops a comprehensive and original analytical model, in which music is understood as both a situated and creative activity, and where the fluid relationship between humans and non-humans, in this case divine beings, is truly taken into consideration.
Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva documents the musical practices of the periya mēḷam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the rituals and festivals of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Śiva – an important patron of music since at least the tenth century. It explores the ways in which music and ritual are mutually constitutive, illuminating the cultural logics whereby performing and listening are integral to the kinetic, sensory and affective experiences that enable, shape and stimulate ritual communication in present-day devotional Hinduism. More than a rich and vivid ethnographic description of a local tradition, the book also develops a comprehensive and original analytical model, in which music is understood as both a situated and creative activity, and where the fluid relationship between humans and non-humans, in this case divine beings, is truly taken into consideration.
William Tallotte is currently Research Associate at the Institut de recherche en Musicologie (CNRS - Sorbonne University). He has published widely on the classical, folk and tribal musical traditions of Tamil Nadu, including several CDs for the well-known collection Ocora Radio France.
List of Illustrations
List of Audio Examples
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Temple Ritual and Image Worship
3 Musicians, from Past to Present
4 The Repertoire
5 Sound, Space and Divine Images
6 Musical Time vs. Ritual Time
7 Music, Emotion and Devotion
8 Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SOAS Studies in Music |
| Zusatzinfo | 16 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-31376-5 / 1032313765 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-31376-4 / 9781032313764 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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