Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India - Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748-1858

"Based on a vast, virtually unstudied archive in Indian languages and Persian, this book reawakens the lost voices of celebrated Indian musicians, men and women, who endured the momentous transition from Mughal to British rule. It will appeal to readers interested in Indian music, global music history, South Asian history, empire and colonialism"--

List of contents

Introduction: 1. Chasing eurydice: writing on music in the late Mughal world; 2. The Mughal orpheus: remembering Khushhal Khan Gunasamudra in eighteenth-century Delhi; 3. The rivals: Anjha Baras, Adarang and the scattering of Shahjahanabad; 4. The courtesan and the Memsahib: Khanum Jan and Sophia Plowden at the court of Lucknow; 5. Eclipsed by the Moon: Mahlaqa Bai and Khushhal Khan Anup in Nizami Hyderabad; 6. Faithful to the salt: Mayalee Dancing Girl vs. the East India company in Rajasthan; 7. Keeper of the flame: Miyan Himmat Khan and the last of the Mughal Emperors; 8. Orphans of the uprising: late Mughal Echoes and 1857.

About the author

Katherine Schofield is Head of the Department of Music at King's College London and recipient of a European Research Council Grant and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. She is co-editor of Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India (2015) and Monsoon Feelings: A History of Emotions in the Rain (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Butler Schofield, Katherine Butler (King''s College Londo Schofield, Katherine Butler (King's College London) Schofield
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781316517857
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51785-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / General, English, Urdu, Hindi, India, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Classical style, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750), Traditional and folk music, For higher / tertiary / university education