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Krishna's musicians : musicians and music making in the temples of Nathdvara, Rajasthan

Title
Krishna's musicians : musicians and music making in the temples of Nathdvara, Rajasthan / Anne-Marie Gaston.
Author
Gaston, Anne-Marie.
Publication
  • New Delhi : Manohar, 1997.
  • ©1997

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Description
358 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
A community of hereditary musicians (kirtankars), still serve in the temples of the Vallabha Sampraday, a Vaishnava sect with its main centre in Nathdvara, Rajasthan. This deals with the role of music in the sampraday and with the lives of the musicians. Concerned with living tradition, and what it can tell us about the past. By revealing how music was created in Nathdvara, it provides new insights into the functioning of traditional artist communities and their response to the challenges of the world.
Subject
  • Vaishnava music > India > Nāthdwāra > History and criticism
  • 24.70 ethnomusicology
  • Vaishnava music
  • Musik
  • Musiker
  • Tempel
  • Muziek
  • Tempels
  • Hindoeïsme
  • Tempel
  • India > Nāthdwāra
  • Nāthdwara
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.
ISBN
  • 817304161X
  • 9788173041617
LCCN
96914125
OCLC
  • ocm36470032
  • 36470032
  • SCSB-14650448
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library