Singing Emptiness: Kumar Gandharva Performs the Poetry of Kabir - Couverture souple

Hess, Linda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857429752 ISBN 13 : 9780857429759

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Now in paperback, the journey of a great Hindustani classical vocalist's search for the voice of emptiness.

Here, two men, five centuries apart, make contact with each other through poetry, music, and performance. Kumar Gandharva, the great twentieth-century Hindustani classical vocalist, sings Kabir, the great fifteenth-century poet. Kabir composed poetry that evoked a space called nirgun or shunya--something without qualities or boundaries, empty--which challenged listeners to know it and to know themselves. Kumar Gandharva, drawn to Kabir and other poets of the nirgun experience, seeks the voice that can actually sing emptiness. Singing Emptiness includes a substantial introductory essay, bilingual texts of 30 songs, and contributions by two renowned Indian writers, U. R. Ananthamurthy and Ashok Vajpeyi.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Linda Hess teaches in the Dept. of Religious Studies at Stanford University and is co-director of Stanford's Center for South Asia. Her previous work on North Indian bhakti poetry and performance includes The Bijak of Kabir and numerous articles on Kabir, Tulsidas and Ramlila performance.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857429752
• ISBN 13: 9780857429759
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 166
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible