Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication) (Studies in Comparative Religion) - Hardcover

Guy L. Beck

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611170370 ISBN 13: 9781611170375

Publisher: University South Carolina Pr, 2011

Synopsis

This builds on the foundation of Guy L. Beck's earlier work, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound, which described the theoretical role of sound in Hindu thought. Sonic Liturgy continues the discussion of sound into the realm of Hindu ritual and musical traditions of worship.

About this title

About the Author:

Guy L. Beck is the author of Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound and editor of Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions. A U.S. Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellow, Beck has spent more than six years in India studying Hinduism and music, and he has written extensively on the role of sound and music in Indian traditions. Beck teaches religion and music at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans.

From the Inside Flap:

A groundbreaking study into the parallel developments of worship and musical performance in Hindu culture

About this edition

• Publisher: University South Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1611170370
• ISBN 13: 9781611170375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240