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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1. The Prince and the Musician 26 The Prince 26 The Musician 46 Historicizing Nostalgia 60 CHAPTER 2. Music Enters the Public Sphere: Colonial Writing, Marathi Theater, Music Appreciation Societies 78 Introduction 78 Colonial Writings, Notation, and Native Responses 82 Educational Reform and Music Appreciation Societies: 1848-1900 93 The History of Marathi Proscenium Music Theater: 1843-1933 120 Conclusion 135 CHAPTER 3. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande: The Contradictions of Music's Modernity 145 Introduction 145 Bhatkhande's Solution: Texts and a Connected History 168 Bhatkhande's Major Works: Sanskrit and Marathi, Hindustani Sangeet Padhdhati 172 On Muslims and Colonial Beneficence 177 Last Days 185 Conclusion 188 CHAPTER 4. The Certainty of Music's Modernity: Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) 206 Meraj to Lahore: The Start of a Career, 1872-1898 210 Lahore and the First Gandharva Mahavidyalaya 215 Paluskar's Corporate Phase: Bombay, 1908-1918 225 From Nationalism to Withdrawal: 1918-1931 234 Music and Community: Women, Muslims, Parsis 241 Bhatkhande and Paluskar: Competitiveness and Complementarity 247 CHAPTER 5. Music in Public and National Conversation: Conferences, Institutions, and Agendas, 1916-1928 264 Introduction 264 Bhatkhande's All India Music Conferences, 1916-1926 269 The Marris College: September 16, 1926 290 Paluskar's Conferences: 1918-1922, 1926, 1931 296 Conclusion 302 CHAPTER 6. The Musician and Gharana Modern: Abdul Karim Khan and Hirabai Badodekar 315 Introduction 316 Hagiography, Biography, and History 318 Before the Scandal: Was Music Political? 322 The History of the Scandal: Tarabai Mane 326 Early Married Life 330 Bamman Gavaiyya 331 Gharana Modern and the Arya Sangeet Vidyalaya 335 Brahmins and Pune 339 Abdul Karim, Bhatkhande, and Musicology 342 The End of the Marriage and the Removal of Scandal 348 Professional Debuts 354 Marathi Natak and natya sangeet 354 Conclusion 361 Conclusion. A Critical History of Music: Beyond Nostalgia and Celebration 370 Bibliography 379
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Music -- Social aspects -- India.
Bhatkhande, Vishnu Narayan, 1860-1936.
Paluskar, Vishnu Degamber, 1872-1931.