Performing Arts in India: Essays on Music, Dance, and DramaBonnie C. Wade Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, University of California, 1983 - 249 pages |
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actors alārippu Allauddin Khan Aminuddin Dagar analysis antară arm movements artist asthai atavu audience āvartas Balasaraswati beat Behram Khan Bharata Natyam brother century A.D. Chandra choreographic concert context culture Dagar dance dancer Delhi depicted devotees dhrupad disciples drama drum father genre gestures gharānā guru Hindu India Indian music Ittiri Jaipur Kalamandalam Kaplingattu Kathakali Kerala Kerala Kalamandalam Khan's khyal Kottarakkara Kottayam Kutiyattam Labanotation lower arm Malayalam Marcel-Dubois mātrās melodic Menon ment Meraj miniature paintings Moinuddin mudrās musicians Muslim Nambudri Nasiruddin Khan Nawab Nayar Nizamuddin Auliya North Indian Panikkar patrons performing arts plane Plate plays position present qawwali rāga rāgamālā Raja Ramanattam Rāmāyaṇa repertoire repetition rhythmic ritual sampradaya Sanskrit sections sequence singer singing song spiritual string structure style Sufi tāla Tarlekar TAT TĒ TE TE TE teaching tion tiruppukal Tisram tradition troupe tune Ustad verse line vīņā Western Indian miniatures