Open AccessKhyal, Improvisation, and Social Change
Author(s) -
Wasanti Paranjape
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
critical studies in improvisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-0624
DOI - 10.21083/csieci.v8i1.1994
Subject(s) - improvisation , politics , social change , aesthetics , context (archaeology) , sociology , culture change , history , social science , art , visual arts , political science , law , archaeology
For this essay, I would like to take as a starting point the assumption that music forms an integral part of its culture and is therefore inextricably linked to the artistic and also the social and political context of that culture. This article observes changes in North Indian Classical music that came about with the emergence of Khyal (a distinct branch of North Indian Classical music) and the social changes that occurred as a result.