9788124606339 - The Winged Form: Aesthetical Essays on Hindustani Rythm von Saxena, S. K. (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. iv + [ii] + 166 + iii.

Contents Preface  Acknowledgement 1 Aesthetic Theory and Hindustani Rhythm   2 Our Rhythm and Croce  3 The Concept of Laya in Hindustani Music  4 Tala Bol Theka   5 Phenomenology of Sama in Hindustani Rhythm   6 Form and Content  7 Aesthetic Character of some  Asymmetrical Rhythms 8 Sama and Musical Structure  9 Rhythm in Kathak Dance  10 Towards an Aesthetics of Hindustani Rhythm 11 Our Rhythm vis-A-vis Susanne Langers view 12 Laya TAla Rhythm and a Contemporary Debate Bibliography IndexThis collection of essays a thoroughly revised and enlarged version of its first earlier edition 1979 is a pioneering treatment of the Hindustani rhythm in the way of contemporary Western aesthetics It seeks on the one hand to determine and distinguish the meaning of such key words as laya matra bol theka sama and layakari and on the other hand to seize the details and aesthetic semblances of live rhythm as they appear to contemplationSome wider aesthetical questions have also been addressed in this book How if at all can rhythm be regarded as an autonomous art What are the elements of its winged form and how can it yet appear steadfast and virtually motionless Is it proper to speak of the art of rhythm as symbolic in its significance or as expressive in some distinctive way Or can it be said to ?embody? what it signifiesInsofar as rhythm is fast becoming a vital subject of aesthetic reflection in the West today the book also seeks to weigh the conflicting views of two modern aestheticians Susanne K Langer and Philip Alperson against the theory and practice of Hindustani rhythmEvery lover of this specific genre of rhythm stands to benefit from a reading of this book It would prove to be of value also to those who are interested in Kathak dance for no other classical dance of India depends so manifestly on rhythm 199 pp.