CMST 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sitar, Cinema Of India, Varnam

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 2Q03
• Professor: Dave Gerry

Document Summary

Series of poetic ballets that have ancient roots, to the beginning of civilizations that used writing in indian culture. People that were trusted to write vedas were all caste related (born into what part of society, what group) The highest group, brahman"s were the ones who wrote them and performed them. The power to perform these were seen as an aspect of the divine. Power and beauty of religious experience extolled and represented in poetry. Brahmans (the caste who would recite the vedas) were also entrusted with the supernatural, intellectual, and education. Similar to the north because of the use of ragas. Style of performance differentiates from the north. Sangitaramakara; 13th century treatise that explains how to recite and perform these ragas. Political rule play a part in the differentiation between south and north. Music has a much bigger tie with dance in the south than in the north. Importance of dance at temples and at court.