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Singing the Himalayan Crossroads - Traditional Songs of Ladakh

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 09.11.2025

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Introduces the traditional songs of Himalayan Ladakh through their history, ethnology, poetry, and Tibetan Buddhism beliefs.
Singing the Himalayan Crossroads places the traditional song repertoires of the former Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh in both their historical and modern contexts. Although scholarly, it is aimed at a broad general audience, including people interested in ethnomusicology, Tibet, Buddhism, the Silk Road, or the music and cultures of Central and South Asia.
While many songs contain texts that evoke Buddhist meditative visualization practices, at the same time, Muslims, both Sunni and Shia, were prominent in Silk Road caravans that enriched the Buddhist aristocracy. Songs from these Muslim traders often mention important religious sites in Kashmir while having nostalgia for the sights of the Ladakhi capital, Leh. Interweaving these themes, author Noé Dinnerstein mixes a relaxed, conversational narrative with the music and poetry of the songs to evoke the crossroads of High Asia.
A separate anthology of recordings is available online.


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Noé Dinnerstein is Adjunct Associate Professor of Music at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. He is coeditor, with Lawrence Beaumont and Somangshu Mukherji, of Trends in World Music Analysis: New Directions in World Music Analysis.

Product details

Authors Noé Dinnerstein
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 09.11.2025
 
EAN 9798855802559
ISBN 979-8-8558-0255-9
No. of pages 312
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
Weight 454 g
Illustrations 20 b&w photos, 79 figures, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zahlen
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory

Islam, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, HISTORY / Asia / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, RELIGION / Islam / Sunni, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Theory of music & musicology, Folk & traditional music, Asian History, Tibetan Buddhism, Theory of music and musicology, Traditional and folk music, Islamic groups: Sunni, Alsalaf

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