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Sailing on the Sea of Love: The Music of the Bauls of Bengal
Charles Capwell
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Description for Sailing on the Sea of Love: The Music of the Bauls of Bengal
Paperback. Presents a study of the songs of the Baul - a Bengali religious sect, widely beloved for its enchanting music. This title describes the role Baul song plays in the lives of the Bauls themselves and in the experience and imagination of their fellow Bengalis. Num Pages: 242 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Based on fieldwork carried out in West Bengal, "Sailing on the Sea of Love" is a pioneering study of the songs of the Baul - a Bengali religious sect, widely beloved for its enchanting music. Charles Capwell describes the role Baul song plays in the lives of the Bauls themselves and in the experience and imagination of their fellow Bengalis. He also examines the sometimes enigmatic texts of the songs as well as their musical components and performance elements. Sailing on the Sea of Love provides an overview of the fundamental beliefs and practices of the Bauls and how the ... Read more
Based on fieldwork carried out in West Bengal, "Sailing on the Sea of Love" is a pioneering study of the songs of the Baul - a Bengali religious sect, widely beloved for its enchanting music. Charles Capwell describes the role Baul song plays in the lives of the Bauls themselves and in the experience and imagination of their fellow Bengalis. He also examines the sometimes enigmatic texts of the songs as well as their musical components and performance elements. Sailing on the Sea of Love provides an overview of the fundamental beliefs and practices of the Bauls and how the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857420046
SKU
V9780857420046
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Ref
99-1
About Charles Capwell
Charles Capwell was on the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for thirty years. A former editor of Ethnomusicology, he is the author of The Music of the Bauls and coauthor of Excursions in World Music.
Reviews for Sailing on the Sea of Love: The Music of the Bauls of Bengal
"A refreshingly humanistic ethnomusicology in which the awareness of people making music is not forsaken for the sake of the music itself." (Peter Manuel, John Jay College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York) "Capwell lucidly describes the singing style of the Bauls.... [This book] is indeed a valuable study of the recent past, a fine study ... Read more