Resonances of the Raj: India in the English Musical Imagination,1897-1947

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Nalini Ghuman (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, Mills College, Oakland, CA)

Resonances of the Raj

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India in the English Musical Imagination,1897-1947

Nalini Ghuman (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, Mills College, Oakland, CA)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 June 2014

Theory of music & musicology; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism

During the century of British rule of the Indian subcontinent known as the British Raj, the rulers felt the significant influence of their exotic subjects. Resonances of the Raj examines the ramifications of the intertwined and overlapping histories of Britain and India on English music in the last fifty years of the colonial encounter, and traces the effects of the Raj on the English musical imagination. Conventional narratives depict a one-way influence of Britain on India, with the 'discovery' of Indian classical music occurring only in the post-colonial era. Drawing on new archival sources and approaches in cultural studies, author Nalini Ghuman shows that on the contrary, England was both deeply aware of and heavily influenced by India musically during the Indian-British colonial encounter. Case studies of representative figures, including composers Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst, and Maud MacCarthy, an ethnomusicologist and performer of the era, integrate music directly into the cultural history of the British Raj. Ghuman thus reveals unexpected minglings of peoples, musics and ideas that raise questions about 'Englishness', the nature of Empire, and the fixedness of identity. Richly illustrated with analytical music examples and archival photographs and documents, many of which appear here in print for the first time, Resonances of the Raj brings fresh hearings to both familiar and little-known musics of the time, and reveals a rich and complex history of cross-cultural musical imaginings which leads to a reappraisal of the accepted historiographies of both British musical culture and of Indo-Western fusion.

By: Nalini Ghuman (Associate Professor of Music Associate Professor of Music Mills College Oakland CA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 163mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 607g
ISBN: 9780199314898
ISBN 10: 0199314896
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nalini Ghuman is Associate Professor of Music and affiliated Asian studies faculty at Mills College where she teaches courses on women in music, orientalism, and music of the Indian subcontinent. She publishes on early twentieth-century British music and its relation to nationalism and imperialism, and has presented programmes for BBC Radio 3.

Reviews for Resonances of the Raj: India in the English Musical Imagination,1897-1947

"""This pioneering book on a new subject is to be is highly recommended."" --BBC Music Magazine ""While printed books on music last, this is the way to do them."" -- Times Higher Education ""Resonances of the Rag is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature on oriental influences on British music...Ghuman's book is recommended for those interested in the musicians included, those studying the interplay between India and British music during the Raj, and those interested in Orientalism in British music in general.""--Notes"