Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal IndiaThe rulers of the Mughal Empire of India, who reigned from 1526 to 1858, spared no expense as patrons of the arts. They left as their legacy an extraordinarily rich body of commissioned artistic projects, including illustrated manuscripts and paintings that represent music-making in numerous spheres of Mughal court life, particularly that of women. These images form the basis of Bonnie C. Wade's study of how musicians of Hindustan encountered and Indianized music from the Persian cultural sphere. Combining ethnomusicological and art historical methods with history and lore, Wade focuses first on paintings for Akbar, showing how political and cultural agendas intertwined in the portrayal of his life and that of his grandfather Babur and father, Humayun. Wade then follows the depictions of music-making through paintings for Akbar's successors, Jahangir and Shah Jahan, to trace the gradual synthesis of Persian and Indian culture. Richly illustrated with reproductions of rare Mughal paintings, this work will appeal broadly to anyone interested in Indian history, ethnomusicology, and art history. |
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XXX | 154 |
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X | 73 |
XI | 82 |
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XX | 131 |
XXXI | 156 |
XXXII | 160 |
XXXIII | 162 |
XXXVI | 164 |
XXXVII | 167 |
XXXVIII | 179 |
XXXIX | 185 |
XL | 187 |
XLI | 189 |
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Abu'l Fazl Adham Khan Agra Akbar Akbar Nāma Akbari period artist Aurangzeb Babur Bada'uni Bairam Khan Basawan Begam birth British Library celebration century Chinggis Courtesy courtiers cultural cymbals da'ira dance dancers Dara Shikoh Delhi depicted detail appears Detail of figure dhrupad Emperor father Fazl's female festivities folio frame drum Gulbadan harem Hindu Hindustan Humayun illustrations imperial Indian instrument Islam Jahangir Kabul khāna king Majesty male Malwa manuscript marriage memoirs Mirza Mongol Mughal court Mughal Empire Mughal paintings Mughal period Muhammad Museum musicians Muslim naqqāra naubat ensemble Naubat Khan neck Persian pictorial plate player playing plucked lute political prince rabab Rajput reign royal rudra vīņā ruler Samarkand scene Shah Jahan Shaikh singers singing South Asia strings suggest Sultan surnā synthesis Tansen throne Timur Timurid trumpet Victoria and Albert West Asian women است او این با به بود تا که می یک