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Author(s): Andrew Alter
ISBN(s): 9780754656692, 0754656691
Edition: 1
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Year: 2008
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0754656691 
ISBN 13: 9780754656692
Author: Andrew Alter

In the Central Himalayan region of Garhwal, the gods (devtas) enjoy dancing. Musicians – whether ritual specialists or musical specialists – are therefore an indispensable part of most entertainment and religious events. In shamanistic ceremonies, their incantations, songs and drumming ‘make’ the gods possess their mediums. In other contexts, such as dramatic theatrical renditions of stories of specific deities, actors ‘dance’ the role of their character having become possessed by the spirit of their character. Through the powerful sounds of their drumming, musicians cause the gods to dance. Music, and more particularly musical sound, is perceived in Garhwal as a powerful force. Andrew Alter examines music and musical practice in Garhwal from an analytical perspective that explores the nexus between musical sounds and performance events. He provides insight into performance practice, vocal techniques, notions of repertoire classification, instruments, ensembles, performance venues, and dance practice. However, music is not viewed simply as a system of organized sounds such as drum strokes, pitch iterations or repertoire items. Rather, in Garhwal, the music is viewed as a system of knowledge and as a system of beliefs in which meaning and spirituality become articulated through potent sound iterations. Alter makes a significant contribution to the discipline of ethnomusicology through a detailed documentation of musical practice in the context of ritual events. The book offers a traditionally thorough historical-ethnographic study of a region with the aim of integrating the local field-based case studies of musical practices within the broader Garhwali context. The work contains invaluable oral data, which has been carefully transliterated as well as translated. Alter blends a carefully detailed analysis of drumming in conjunction with the complex ritual and social contexts of this sophisticated and semantically rich musical practice.

Dancing with Devtas Drums Power and Possession in the Music of Garhwal North India 1st Table of contents:

Part 1 Contextualizing the Study
1 Sounding the Drum: Power and Meaning in the Context of Performance
Contextual inquiry
Meaning and power in music: a theoretical framework
The metaphysics of sound in Hindu philosophy
A note on possession
2 Dev Bhūmi: Land of the Gods
Folkloric studies of the region
Ritual practices and the calendrical cycle
The geography of Garhwal
A brief political history of Garhwal
The Garhwali language
3 Caste Groups and Instrumentalists
Musician castes and non-caste musical specialists
Implications of the recording industry for the status of musicians
4 Performance Genres and Dance Practice
Genre names
The gāthā (epic) repertoire
The lok-gīt (folk-song) repertoire
Music of the recording industry
5 Musical Instruments in Garhwal
Outdoor instruments
Indoor instruments
6 Ḍhol Sāgar: The Ocean of Drumming
The Ḍholsāgar Sañgrah: a recent scholarly publication
Additional secondary source ref erences to the Ḍhol Sāgar
Ḍhol Sāgar as an oral entity
Part 2 Analysis and Description of Musical Events: Musical Power in the Context of Performance
7 Drumming Associated with Pāñḍavalīlā
Pāñḍavalīlā and Pāñḍavanritya: rituals of drama, dance, worship and celebration
An overview of dancing and drumming at Pāñḍavalīlā rituals
The aural and the visual: dilemmas of transcription
The Pāñḍavalīlā repertoire of Budna
Variation amongst Pāñḍavalīlā celebrations elsewhere in Garhwal
The role of music as an agent between visible and invisible worlds
8 Music in the Context of Wedding Celebrations
Marriage practices in Garhwal
A wedding in the village of Kakhwari
Musical repertoire at a Garhwali wedding celebration
Adaptive strategies in present-day practice
The role of music in the context of a wedding
9 The Pawāṛās of Kirthipal and Kunjepal
The Story
The singer of the tale
The musical mode of delivery
Examples of eight vocal delivery styles
Formal design
Dramatic events, dramatic sounds
Epilogue
Conclusion
Four spheres of musical power
A final word
Appendices
1 ‘Oṭūwā Beleṇā’: Devanagari Text and Transliteration
2 Devanagari Text Excerpts with Translation from the Pawāṛā of Kirthipal and Kunjepal
3 Aural Sources
Glossary of Selected Garhwali and Hindi Terms

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