University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hindi filmigit: On the history of commercial Indian popular music
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis study traces the musical development of the Hindi film song from the beginning of Indian sound film in 1931 to the present day, with an emphasis on the years 1931-55. Based largely on fieldwork carried out within the Bombay film industry in 1982-83, this dissertation addresses questions that relate to musical as well as cultural, social, historical, and technological aspects of this popular song genre. The study examines the unique role of Hindi film song both in Indian musical culture--as an integral component of the commercial Hindi film and as the major form of native, mass-mediated popular music--and in Indian culture and society in general. It further explores the cultural, historical, and musical forces that have combined to produce this extraordinarily popular music.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Musicology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Arnold, Alison E.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Nettl, Bruno
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1991 Arnold, Alison E.
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9210728
(UMI)AAI9210728 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19604