How Long to Read Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music

How Long Does it Take to Read Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music by Ritwik Sanyal

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Description

Dhrupad is believed to be the oldest style of classical vocal music performed today in North India. This detailed study of the genre considers the relationship between the oral tradition, its transmission from generation to generation, and its re-creation in performance. There is an overview of the historical development of the dhrupad tradition and its performance style from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and of the musical lineages that carried it forward into the twentieth century, followed by analyses of performance techniques, processes and styles. The authors examine the relationship between the structures provided by tradition and their realization by the performer to throw light on the nature of tradition and creativity in Indian music; and the book ends with an account of the ‘revival’ movement of the late twentieth century that re-established the genre in new contexts. Augmented with an analytical transcription of a complete dhrupad performance, this is the first book-length study of an Indian vocal genre to be co-authored by an Indian practitioner and a Western musicologist.

How long is Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music?

Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music by Ritwik Sanyal is 422 pages long, and a total of 106,344 words.

This makes it 142% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music aloud.

What Reading Level is Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music?

Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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