American Popular Music in Britain's Raj: 131 (Eastman Studies in Music) - Hardcover

Shope, Bradley G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158046548X ISBN 13: 9781580465489

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2016

Synopsis

The first systematic study to address the character and scope of American popular music in India during British rule. American Popular Music in Britain's Raj is the first systematic study of the character and scope of American popular music in India during British rule. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, it examines blackface minstrel shows, ragtime, jazz, and representations of Hollywood film music in Bombay cabarets and Hindi film songs, identifying key musical moments in the development of these styles between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The book describes the entertainment idioms and frameworks that supported the growth of these imported styles; further, it surveys a variety of historical contexts under colonialism that influenced their meaning and commercial value. Focusing on Calcutta (modern Kolkata), Lucknow, and Bombay (modern Mumbai), Bradley Shope traces the movement of this music between the United States, England, and India, and addresses a variety of groups and communities, including the US military in Calcutta during World War II, Anglo-Indians in Lucknow in the 1930s and 1940s, and British residents across North India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Bradley G. Shope is assistant professor of music at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

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Bradley G. Shope is assistant professor of music at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158046548X
• ISBN 13: 9781580465489
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252