Bibliography on Religion and Music in South Asia
Compiled by Matthew Allen
With respect to South Asia, in addition to Bill
Jackson's [work on Tyagaraja] and Guy Beck's excellent work [Sonic
Theology], the following might be of interest:
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, South Asia
volume, edited by Alison Arnold (articles on religion and music in
different regions of South Asia, and good bibliography). Routledge/Taylor
& Francis, 2000.
Azad Faruqi, I.H. "Sufism and Bhakti: Maulana
Rum and Sri Ramakrishna." Delhi: Abhinav, 1984.
Mansukhani, Gobind Singh. "Indian Classical
Music and Sikh Kirtan." Oxford/IBH, 1982.
Meduri, Avanthi. "Bharatha Natyam: What Are
You?" recently reprinted in Dils, Ann, and Ann Cooper Albright, eds.,
"Moving History / Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader."
Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1991.
Palackal, Joseph. "India; Christian Music."
in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol 12:223-234, 2001.
Pesch, Ludwig. "The Illustrated Companion to
South Indian Music." Oxford Univ. Press, 1999.
Qureshi, Regula. "Sufi Music of India and
Pakistan: Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali." Cambridge Univ.
Press, 1986.
Ruckert, George. "Music in North India:
Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture." Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Sherinian, Zoe. "Dalit Theology in Tamil
Christian Folk Music: A Transformative Liturgy by James Theophilus Appavoo."
In Raj, Selva,and Corinne Dempsey, eds., "Popular Christianity in
India: Riting Between the Lines." SUNY Press, 2002.
Subramaniam, V. "The Sacred and the Secular in
India's Performing Arts: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Centenary Essays."
South Asia Books, 1983.
Wulff, Donna. "On Practicing Religiously: Music
as Sacred in India." In Irwin, Joyce, ed., "Sacred Sound: Music
in Religious Thought and Practice." Chico: Scholars Press, 1983.
I'll also make bold to mention work that I've been
involved with:
Allen, Matthew. "Rewriting the Script for South
Indian Dance." In TDR / Journal of Performance Studies 41(3):63-100,
1997.
Allen, Matthew. "Tales Tunes Tell: Deepening the
Dialogue Between 'Classical' and 'non-Classical' in the Music of
India." In Yearbook for Traditional Music 30:22-52, 1998.
Viswanathan, T., and Matthew Allen. "Music in
South India: The Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond." Oxford Univ.
Press, 2003. (forthcoming in about a month; please see http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195145909.html
for information)
Revised: December 26, 2003
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