The modern the traditional and criticism in the Indian music tradition
Author :Lath, Mukund
Keywords :Musical criticism
Music--History and criticism
Issue Date :1988
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :The word 'Modern ' and, by implication, the word 'traditional' are used in two very distinct senses today, old and new. This dual use creates a basic confusion concerning modernity and tradition in the Indian context. This paper will attempt to show how it does so in the field of the arts, causing'a strange mixing of categories and then move on to how the notion of parampara the Indian word for tradition is articulated in India and the role assigned to criticism in it before out lining a brief history of criticism in the parampara of music.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Lath, Mukund
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2017-07-10T00:14:02Z
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2017-07-10T00:14:02Z
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1988
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The word 'Modern ' and, by implication, the word 'traditional' are used in two very distinct senses today, old and new. This dual use creates a basic confusion concerning modernity and tradition in the Indian context. This paper will attempt to show how it does so in the field of the arts, causing'a strange mixing of categories and then move on to how the notion of parampara the Indian word for tradition is articulated in India and the role assigned to criticism in it before out lining a brief history of criticism in the parampara of music.
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