The other was a technological shift (still evolving), from amplification and the gramophone record to digitalisation and the remix.Įarlier contexts and content of performance have been dramatically transformed - audience, transmission, pedagogy, and quite simply the character of musical sound and its reach. It was expressed through a major shift - the recasting of existing genres to align with the needs of nationalism. When colonial India engaged powerfully with modernity, music was a significant interface. Yet those with eclectic musical curiosities cannot but note the profusion of genres, their distinct identities and interconnecting threads and their history with continuities and ruptures. For most of us, the vast and variegated landscape of music in India provides joy and stirs deep emotions that defy dissection.
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