ETHNOMUS 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Raga, Islamic Architecture
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Different genres: islamicate social genre, courtesan genref, new wave muslim social. Mughals: by the time they reached persia they became muslims, very fair empire, mughal empire, 7 great mughal kings. Started the religion din-i-ilahi: intended to unite the religion of hindus and muslim. Akbar wanted a son and prayed for one. Exiled to burma: all the kings were huge patrons of the arts. Kl saigal: revolutionized singing in bollywood film, one of the original bollywood singers, famous for tansen . Instead of playback singing, he was a singer-actor, singing live for the film. He uses raags to worship an elephant. Raags: melodies in different scales/contours: thousands of them, tansen was very welcomed by the mughal emperor. Baiju bawra : shows islamic architecture, sometimes violence breaks out. Akbar had a son but not by jodha: in film version, the women were singing kavalis.
