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Syllabus पाठ्यक्रम

Kishori Amonkar. Photo: Express (Newspaper).

During the Spring Quarter 2020, we will focus on the theme of music: we will read lyrics, listen to performances, read essays, articles, and stories about music, and watch music-related films and video clips.

All course materials will be made available on the Canvas site for the course. It is highly recommended that students purchase a copy of R.S. McGregor’s Oxford Hindi Dictionary, available at Seminary Co-op. (Please avoid using Amazon.com if possible.)

Please note that small changes to the syllabus may be made up until the first week of the quarter.

Course Schedule

Session

Date

Topic

Materials
1 Jan 7 Introduction No assignments.
2 Jan 9 Musical terminology and history Listen:

  • Vidyadhar Vyas: Rag Chandrakauns
  • Shruti Sadolikar: Rag Deshi

Read:

  • Ranade, Ashok. Hindustānī Saṅgīt (Delhi: National Book Trust). [selections]
  • Wade, Bonnie C. Music in India: The Classical Traditions (N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979). [selections]
3 Jan 14 Dhrupad Listen:

  • Wasifuddin Dagar: Candrakauns, Chautal
  • Watch: Agari Bai: Sannate Kā Sūr-Pañcam (Chandrani/Singh, Mobius Films)

Read:

  • Ranade, Ashok. Hindustānī Saṅgīt (Delhi: National Book Trust). [selections]

Supplemental reading:

  • Busch, Allison. “Hidden in Plain View: Brajbhasa Poets at the Mughal Court.” Modern Asian Studies 44, no. 2 (2010): 267–309.
4 Jan 16 Khyal & Thumri Listen:

  • Kishori Amonkar: Rāg Ahir Bhairav
  • Shubha Mudhgal: Na Jā Balam Pardesava

Read:

  • Ranade, Ashok. Hindustānī Saṅgīt (Delhi: National Book Trust). [selections]

Supplemental reading:

  • Du Perron, Lalita. “‘Ṭhumri’: A Discussion of the Female Voice of Hindustani Music.” Modern Asian Studies 36, no. 1 (2002): 173–93.
5 Jan 21 Bhajan Listen:

  • Prahlad Singh Tipania: Rañg Mahal Mẽ (Kabir)
  • Jagjit Singh: Rahanā Nahī Deś (Kabir)

Read:

  • Tripathi, Vishwanath. Hindī Sāhitya Kā Saṃksipt Itihās. Delhi: NCERT, 2007. “Kabīr”
  • Hawley, John Stratton. “The Music in Faith and Morality.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 52, no. 2 (1984): 243–62.

Watch:

  • Had-Anhad/Ajab Shahar (Dir. Shabnam Virmani)
6 Jan 23 Bhajan Listen:

  • Anuradha Paudval: Maĩ To Sāṁvarā Ke Rañg (Mirabai)
  • M.S. Subbulakshmi: Maiyā Morī Maĩ Nahī Makhan (Surdas)
  • Fariduddin Ayaz: Maula Maula Lākh Pukāre / Bhulā Huā Meri Gagarī Phūṭī (Kabir)

Read:

  • Tripathi, Vishwanath. Hindī Sāhitya Kā Saṃksipt Itihās. Delhi: NCERT, 2007. [‘Mīrāṁ Bāī,’ ‘Sūrdās’]
7 Jan 28 Qawwali Listen:

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Chāp Tilak (Amir Khusro)
  • Sabri Brothers: Chāp Tilak (Amir Khurso)
  • Abida Parveen & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: Chāp Tilak
  • Sabri Brothers: Mere Hamsafar, Mere Hamnava

Read:

  • Shukla, Skand. “Bajrañgī Bhāī Jān Ke Singer Ne Kyā Kahā…” Jāgaraṇ, Oct. 25, 2018.
8 Jan 30 Qawwali Listen:

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Rañg
  • Fariduddin Ayaz & Abu Muhammad: Rañg
  • Abida Parveen: Qalandar
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Qalandar
  • Lal Meri: Qalandar

Read:

  • Kugle, Scott Alan. “Qawwālī between Written Poem and Sung Lyric, or… How a Ghazal Lives.” The Muslim World 97, no. 4 (2007): 571–610.
9 Feb 4 Ghazal Listen:

  • Jagjit Singh: Yeh Na Thī Hamārī Qismat (Ghalib)
  • Begum Akhtar: Yeh Na Thī Hamārī Qismat (Ghalib)

Read:

  • Pritchett, Frances. Nets of Awarness: Urdu Poetry and its Critics. Berkeley: UC Press, 1994. “Poems Two Lines Long.”
10 Feb 6 Ghazal Listen:

  • Jagjit Singh: Hazāroṁ Khwaiseṁ Aisī (Ghalib)
  • Shubha Mudgal: Hazāroṁ Khwaiseṁ Aisī (Ghalib)

Read:

  • Pritchett, Frances. Nets of Awarness: Urdu Poetry and its Critics. Berkeley: UC Press, 1994. “The Art and Craft of Poetry.”
11 Feb 11 Bollywood Listen:

  • Mohammad Rafi: Yeh Duniyā Agar Mil Bhī Jae (Sahir Ludhianvi / R.D. Burman)
  • Geeta Dutt: Na Jao Saiyã (Shakeel Badayuni / Hemant Kumar)

Watch:

  • Pyāsā (Dir. Guru Dutt)

Read:

  • Beaster-Jones, Jayson. Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Chapter Four: The Language and Lyrics of Hindi Films.
12 Feb 13 Bollywood Listen:

  • Mehdi Hasan: Yeh Chānd Sā Roshan Chehrā ()
  • Asha Bhosle: Piyā Tū Ab To Ā Jā (RD Burman)
  • Manna Dey: Yārī Hai Imān Mera
  • Kishore Kumar: Zindagī Ek Safar (Hasrat Jaipuri)

Read:

  • Beaster-Jones, Jayson. Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Chapter Five: Songs in the Key of the Angry Young Man
13 Feb 18 Bollywood Listen:

  • Adnan Sami: Aye Udi Udi (Gulzar / A R Rahman)
  • Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan & Shaan: Ghanan Ghanan (Javed Akhtar / A R Rahman)

Read:

  • Beaster-Jones, Jayson. Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Chapter Five: Liberalization, Family Films, and the Rise of Bollywood
14 Feb 20 Bollywood Listen:

  • Shankar Mahadevan: Dil Chahtā Hai (Javed Akhtar / Shankar Ehsaan-Loy)
  • Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy: Woh Laṛkī Hai Kahã (Shankar Ehsaan-Loy)
  • Khushboo Raj, Rekha Jhā: Womaniyā (Varun Grover)
  • Sneha Khanwalkar, Robbie Styles: Moora (Varun Grover)
15 Feb 25 Indi-pop Listen:

  • Lucky Ali: Kabhī Aisā Lagatā Hai
  • Alisha Chinai: Made in India
16 Feb 27 Political songs Listen:

  • Hirawal: Jhakjor Duniya (Gorakh Pandey)
  • Kabir Kala Manch: [TBD]
  • Iqbal Bano: Ham Dekhẽge (Faiz Ahmad Faiz)
17 Mar 3 Rap Listen:

  • Ranveer Singh: Apna Time Aayega (Divine)
  • Divine: Kohinoor

Read:

  • Sinha, Chiki. “Kalā Par Bhārī Na Paṛeṁ Kalākār.” India Today (26 June 2019): 54-58.
18 Mar 5 Punjabi pop Listen:

  • Malkit Singh & Bally Sagoo: Gur Nalon Ishq Mitha
  • Gary Sandhu & Jasmine Sandlas: Illegal Weapon
19 Mar 10 Student presentations Student presentations.

No assignments.
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