Singing the Himalayan Crossroads : Traditional Songs of Ladakh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinnerstein, Noé.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnomusicology.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2025.

Summary:

Introduces the traditional songs of Himalayan Ladakh through their history, ethnology, poetry, and Tibetan Buddhism beliefs.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Recording Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Song Repertoire

Linguistic Evolution and Identity

On the Pronunciation of Ladakhi

Prior Research

Early Writings

Mid-Twentieth-Century Ethnographers and Musicologists

Late Twentieth- and Early Twenty-First-Century Writings

Collection and Preservation Efforts in Ladakh

Format of this Volume

Dramatis Personae

Monks, Scholars, and Academics

Notable Recording Artists

All India Radio (AIR) Staff

Musicians and Cultural Activists

Chapter 1. A Cultural and Historical Overview of Ladakh

Origins of the Kingdom of Ladakh

Expansion and Conflict

Religion and Identity in Ladakh

Buddhist and Pre-Buddhist Heritage in Ladakhi Poetry and Music

Chapter 2. Buddhism in Ladakhi Traditional Songs

Tendel Lu - Songs of Auspicious Signs

Zhung lu - Congregational Songs

Bagston Lu - Wedding Songs

Chang lu - Beer Songs

Conclusions

Chapter 3. Music in Muslim Communities

At Home and on the Silk Road

Shia Devotional Song Genres

Elegy of Ali Asgar Infant Son of Husain Ibn Ali

Chapter 4. Music in a Changing Society

Performance Venues, Musicians, and Social Status

Preservation and Promotion of Ladakhi Language and Music

Musical Preservation and Revitalization

Broadcast Media

Music Education

Music Revitalization and Controversy in Kargil District

Chapter 5. Songs and Cultural Representation in the Modern Market

Representations of Tradition

Video and the Portrayal of Tradition

Chapter 6. Other Song Genres

Chapter 7. Musical Characteristics of Traditional Ladakhi Song

Song Rhythms

Rhythmic Taxonomy of Songs

Form in Traditional Song Genres

Melodic Characteristics of Ladakhi Songs

Scale Patterns in Ladakhi Song.

Pitch Range and Melodic Movement

Text Settings in Various Genres

Characteristics of Song Genres

Rten 'brel glu

Bag ston glu

Chang lu

Zhung lu

Chapter 8. Concluding Summary

བསྔོ་བ་ (bsngo ba) - Dedication

Glossary

Appendixes

Appendix A

The Orthography and Pronunciation of Ladakhi

Tibetan Letter Transliteration Phonemic/Phonetic Pronunciation

Transcription

Appendix B

Additional Songs with Transcriptions and Translations with Commentary

༼རྟེན་འབྲེལ་གྱི་གླུ༽

Rten 'brel gyi glu - Songs of Auspicious Omens

༼བག་སྟོན་གྱི་གླུ༽

Bag ston gyi glu - Marriage Songs

༼ཆང་གླུ༽

Chang glu - Chang Songs

༼གཞུང་གླུ༽

Gzhung glu - Congregational Songs

Notes

Bibliography

Sound Recordings

Index.

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ISBN:

979-88-558-0257-3

OCLC:

1520034728