TY  - BOOK
AU  - Booth,Gregory D.
TI  - Brass Baja: stories from the world of Indian wedding bands 
SN  - 0195670817
U1  - 306.48420954 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Delhi, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Music
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - India
KW  - Musicians
KW  - Brass bands
KW  - Wedding music
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1; Contemporary and historical ethnographies of a processional music trade --; 1; Identity, caste, and family --; 2; Maliks and bandsmen - social and professional hierarchies --; 3; Careers, space, location, and movement --; Pt. 2; Sounds, sights, practice, and performance --; 4; Ensembles and fashion - the flow and change of meaning --; 5; The practice of processions and processional music --; 6; The wedding band repertoire --; 7; Practices of transmission and performance --; Conclusion : the forefront of change --; App; Musical transcriptions
N2  - "This book is a detailed and colourful study of India's wedding bands. The volume argues that while music performed by wedding bands help generate emotions of ecstasy and joy, the bandsmen who play it are in the fringes of the social events they herald. Musically and socially, and by birth and profession, bandsmen at weddings are ascribed low social status." "The volume provides the reader with an image of the reality of professional life in South Asia, and the processes of change in the world of Indian processional music - the stark social and economic gulf between musicians and their patrons. It will be of interest to an academic audience in anthropology, ethnomusicology, history, and music as well as to a wider audience of informed general readers."--BOOK JACKET
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