Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre: Thumri Lyrics

by Lalita Du Perron

Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with the musical genre still prevails in the twenty-first century.

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre examines Thumri Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective. On a cultural level, it discusses the interface between devotional and secular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415759447
• ISBN13: 9780415759441
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"