Two men and music :

Bakhle, Janaki

Two men and music : Nationalism in the making of an Indian classical tradition/ Janaki Bakhle. - 2nd impression. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xvi, 338p.: 21.cm.

1. The prince and the musician : native states, bureaucracy, and colonial influence --
2. Music enters the public sphere : colonial writing, Marathi theatre, and music appreciation societies --
3. The contradictions of music's modernity : Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande --
4.The certainty of music's modernity : Vishnu Digambar Paluskar --
5. Music in public and national conversation : conferences, institutions, and agendas, 1916-1928 --
6. The musician and Gharana modern : Abdul Karim Khan and Hirabai Badodekar --
7. Conclusion : a critical history of music : beyond nostalgia and celebration.

Janaki Bakhle shows how the emergence of an 'Indian' cultural tradition reflected colonial & exclusionary practices, in particular the exclusion of Muslims by the Brahmanic elite - despite the fact that Muslims were the major practitioners of the Indian music that was installed as a 'Hindu' national tradition.

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Bhatkhande, Vishnu Narayan, -- 1860-1936.
Paluskara, Vishṇu Digambara, -- 1872-1931.
Music -- Social aspects -- India.

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