MUSI 1500 Chapter Notes -Sarod, Song 2, Indian Independence Movement
16 Apr 2013
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Readings: the bombay hindi film songs: a historical survey pp 133-141 and 164-169, the values of fantasy: indian popular culture through western scripts pp. 1-18: bombay films: the cinema as metaphor pp 189-320, the hero as comedian pp 183-199, source of strength or stereotypes pp 383-390, song picturization and choreography pp 198-208. First 10 songs on listening list, professor will play 3-4 songs, identify the singer. The bombay hindi film songs: a historical survey pp 133-141 and 164-169. The introduction of synchronized sound film in the 1930s began the music-drama tradition of the indian screen. Alam ara= first indian sound film (7 songs and instrumental accompaniment) At first the songs were not full-length as known as today, they were short intonations of prose sung by the actor-singers. The melodies for full-length songs tended to be based on popular theatre songs derived from indian classical and folk melodies. First decade= the theme of the film had priority over the melodic material.
