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

Hess, Linda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1905422830 ISBN 13 : 9781905422838

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Here, two men, 5 centuries apart, make contact with each other through poetry, music, and performance. Kumar Gandharva, the great 20th Century Hindustani classical vocalist, sings Kabir, the great 15th 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 an explanatory introduction, bilingual texts of 30 songs, and a CD with selected songs by Kumar Gandharva.

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: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905422830
• ISBN 13: 9781905422838
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible