Farrell, Gerry - Indian Music and the West

Since the 18th century, Western scholars and musicians have been fascinated by the music of India. Whether in the realms of musicological enquiry, or as an exotic flavour on the stage, or in popular songs, Indian music has been part of the West's consciousness for over two hundred years. Indian Music and the West traces the fascinating history of this complex cultural and musical encounter.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1 `Wild by pleasing when understood.' Europeans and Indian music in the late eighteenth century
2 `In short, almost everything Oriental appears to better advantage in European garb.' Indian music, notation, and nationalism in the nineteenth century
3 `My naive heart...' Indian music in Western popular song
4 `This talking machine is the marvel of the twentieth century.' The gramophone comes to India
5 `Pomegranates with fingerboards added.' Three journeys to the West
6 `We'll be able to get plastic sitars in our cornflakes soon.' Indian music in popular music and jazz
7 `Listen to the story of an Asian man.' World Music and South Asian music in the West
Appendix : Selected discography for chapters 6 and 7
List of Sources and Bibliography
Index

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