{"product_id":"resonances-of-the-raj-india-in-the-english-musical-imagination-1897-1947-9780199314898","title":"Resonances of the Raj: India in the English Musical Imagination, 1897-1947","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nalini Ghuman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the century of British rule of the Indian subcontinent known as the British \u003cem\u003eRaj\u003c\/em\u003e, the rulers felt the significant influence of their exotic subjects. \u003cem\u003eResonances of the Raj \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the ramifications of the intertwined and overlapping histories of Britain and India on English music in the last fifty years of the colonial encounter, and traces the effects of the \u003cem\u003eRaj\u003c\/em\u003e on the English musical imagination. Conventional narratives depict a one-way influence of Britain on India, with the 'discovery' of Indian classical music occurring only in the post-colonial era. Drawing on new archival sources and approaches in cultural studies, author Nalini Ghuman shows that on the contrary, England was both deeply aware of and heavily influenced by India musically during the Indian-British colonial encounter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCase studies of representative figures, including composers Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst, and Maud MacCarthy, an ethnomusicologist and performer of the era, integrate music directly into the cultural history of the British Raj. Ghuman thus reveals unexpected minglings of peoples, musics and ideas that raise questions about 'Englishness', the nature of Empire, and the fixedness of identity. Richly illustrated with analytical music examples and archival photographs and documents, many of which appear here in print for the first time, \u003cem\u003eResonances of the Raj \u003c\/em\u003ebrings fresh hearings to both familiar and little-known musics of the time, and reveals a rich and complex history of cross-cultural musical imaginings which leads to a reappraisal of the accepted historiographies of both British musical culture and of Indo-Western fusion.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890676678807,"sku":"9780199314898","price":6709.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199314898.webp?v=1781180892","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/resonances-of-the-raj-india-in-the-english-musical-imagination-1897-1947-9780199314898","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}