The Opera in South India

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This book discusses the history and origins of the term and form Sangitaka of the post Bharata period. It examines the suitability of the term ‘opera’ to define the Sangitaka and establishes a distinction between the opera in the west and Sangitanatakam of South India. The work deals not only with traditional theatres and operas of South India but also of North India. The book is the first work to deal with the music contents of the traditional theatres of South India exhaustively. “Dr. Durga has made an exhaustive and systematic study of source material and has covered very wide ground. This books is a great contribution to the literature on the subject and well documented. It contains a large collection of interesting data, it would serve as good guide to stimulate further research in this fascinating field of study”.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.A.K. Durga

Dr. S.A.K. Durga is the Professor Emeritus, Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, the Founder Director of the Center for Ethnomusicology, Madras. She has received her Ph.D. Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University USA and did her Post-Post Doctoral Resear5ch in Ethnomusicology at Yale University, USA. She has also to her credit M.A. and M.Litt and Ph.D. in Indian Music from Madras University, India. Dr. Durga has a wide teaching experience in Indian and Foreign Universities to Indian and non-Indian students. Dr. Durga has published seven books on Indian Music and Ethnomusicology besides her many research papers in Indian and overseas journals of repute. Besides being an academician, Dr. Durga is a performing artist of Indian classical music and producer/performer of Avante Garde Music.

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Title
The Opera in South India
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Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8188827029
Length
xviii+165p., Plates; Appendix; Bibliography; 23cm.
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