East Indian Music in the West Indies

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East Indian Music in the West Indies Contents List of Map, Illustrations, and Musical Examples Preface Methodological Challenges and Strategies Terminology, Transliteration, and Transcription Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1 Introduction East Indians in the West Indies Indo-Caribbean Music Culture: An Overview CHAPTER 2 The Development of Local-Classical Music Colonial-Era Music Culture in the Bhojpuri Region The Emergence of Tāan-Singing: Indentureship to 1920 Traditional Theater and Tān-Singing Tān-Singing in the 1920s–30s Musical Instruments Dance Perspectives on the Early Evolution of Tān-Singing Tān-Singing in Transition: The Mid-1930s to the 1960s Films and Film Music Records from India Socio-Musical Developments Competitions Local Records and Radio CHAPTER 3 The 1960s to the Present: Efflorescence and Decline Trinidad Guyana Suriname The Contemporary Scene The Decline Perspectives on Tan-Singing's Evolution: The Construction of a Tradition Song Anthologies: Creative (Mis?)uses Hypotheses Regarding Tān-Singing's History Tān-Singing's Evolution and Indian Music CHAPTER 4 Tradition, Innovation, and Identity in Tān-Singing Aesthetics Song Texts Picong Song Settings and Composition Improvisation Religion and Tradition Pedagogy Aesthetics Encounters with India CHAPTER 5 Style and Subgenre in Tān-Singing Mode and Melody Rhythm and Meter Trinidadian, Guyanese, and Surinamese Styles Dhrupad Tillāna Thumri Ghazal Qawwāli Bihāg, Dandak, Lāvni, and Bidāpat Khemta Bhajan, Hori, Dādra Miscellany CHAPTER 6 The Chutney Phenomenon The Evolution of Chutney Modern Chutney Style, Structure, and Lyric Content Chutney as Commerce The Chutney Polemic Religion Gender Class Race: Chutney and Creole Culture Chutney-Soca and Carnival CHAPTER 7 Conclusion: Music and the Dynamics of a Diaspora Local and Global Hegemonies Beyond Chutney-Soca: Indo-Caribbean Music and Identity in the Global Ecumene Glossary Selections on the Compact Disc Trinidad Guyana Suriname: Chutney Trinidad: Chutney Selected Hindi Songs in Devnagari Script Notes Preface Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Bibliography Discography of Local-Classical Music Compilations Index