TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tallotte,William
TI  - Music and temple ritual in South India: performing for Ś́iva
T2  - SOAS studies in music
SN  - 9781003309444
U1  - 784.0954/8 23/eng/20221109
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Hindu music
KW  - Periya mēḷam
KW  - Instrumental ensembles
KW  - India, South
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Rituals
KW  - MUSIC / Ethnomusicology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MUSIC / Religious / General
N1  - Introduction -- Temple Ritual and Image Worship -- Musicians, from Past to Present -- The Repertoire -- Sound, Space and Divine Images -- Musical Time vs. Ritual Time -- Music, Emotion and Devotion -- Conclusion
N2  - "Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva explores the musical practices of the periya mēḷam, a South Indian instrumental temple ensemble of professional musicians. It investigates the role, function and meaning of these practices in a complex, highly formalised ritual of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Śiva - an important patron of music since at least the 10th century. The main themes are the meaning of music in Hindu culture and South Indian present-day, and its temple instrumental music and performance, in relation to Hindu ritual, devotion and the worship of divine images, as well as the sacred function of sound, music and performance in Hindu temple ritual practice. The book is much more than a rich and vivid ethnographic description of a local tradition. It also develops a comprehensive and original analytical model, in which music and performance are understood as both situated and creative practices and where the fluid relationship between humans and non-humans, in this case divine beings, is truly taken into consideration"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003309444
ER  -