Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables and Musical Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Echoes of Colonialism: Bagpipes in the Himalayas
- 2 Echoes of a Royal Heritage: Vestiges of Naubat
- 3 Possession and Performance: Sounding Out the Epic Worlds of Heroes and Gods
- 4 Worlds of Sound: Revisiting the Parameters of Oral Tradition
- 5 Flutes, Sprites and Mountainous Geographies
- 6 Drum Strokes, Syllables and Rhythmic Patterns
- 7 The Significance of Tantric Sects for Drum Practice in the Central Himalayas
- 8 Playing History: Sounding Out the Epic Worlds of Heroes and Gods
- 9 The Legacy of Garhwali Cassettes: Remembering the Pre-digital Age of Music Commodification
- Epilogue: Listening to an Uttarakhandi Himalayan Space
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables and Musical Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Echoes of Colonialism: Bagpipes in the Himalayas
- 2 Echoes of a Royal Heritage: Vestiges of Naubat
- 3 Possession and Performance: Sounding Out the Epic Worlds of Heroes and Gods
- 4 Worlds of Sound: Revisiting the Parameters of Oral Tradition
- 5 Flutes, Sprites and Mountainous Geographies
- 6 Drum Strokes, Syllables and Rhythmic Patterns
- 7 The Significance of Tantric Sects for Drum Practice in the Central Himalayas
- 8 Playing History: Sounding Out the Epic Worlds of Heroes and Gods
- 9 The Legacy of Garhwali Cassettes: Remembering the Pre-digital Age of Music Commodification
- Epilogue: Listening to an Uttarakhandi Himalayan Space
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Mountainous Sound SpacesListening to History and Music in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, pp. iii - ivPublisher: Foundation BooksPrint publication year: 2014