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- Title
- Musicolinguistic artistry of niraval in Carnatic vocal music
- Related
- Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society (1 - 4 December 2011 : Canberra)
- Related
- Ponsonnet, Maïa; Dao, Loan and Bowler, Margit. Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference 2011, p.422-463
- Related
- https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/9404/8/AustLinguisticSocConf42_%202012.pdf
- Publisher
- Canberra, A.C.T : Australian Linguistic Society
- Date
- 2012
- Author/Creator
- Radhakrishnan, Mahesh
- Description
- Niraval is a form of virtuosic musicolinguistic improvisation in Carnatic music whereby a line within a song is repeated in various melodic and rhythmic manifestations within the rāgam (melodic framework) and tāl am (beat cycle). For a Carnatic singer, niraval makes different aesthetic demands than other forms of non-textual improvisation within the tradition. To convey artful, sincere renditions of the same lyrical text, the singer-musician must imaginatively devise interesting repetitions which attend to both melodic and rhythmic elements and the lyric text. Combining melodic and rhythmic skill and verbal artistry in a range of South Indian languages as well as Sanskrit, Carnatic singers display extraordinary communicative and artistic competence and captivate their audiences. This paper analyses the musical and linguistic elements of a single niraval performance in Sydney’s Carnatic music community. It is hoped that such research will contribute to a greater understanding of the interplay of language and music in sung performance.
- Description
- 42 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- Carnatic singing
- Subject Keyword
- ethnography
- Subject Keyword
- verbal art
- Subject Keyword
- music
- Subject Keyword
- improvisation
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Linguistics
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/198413
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780980281545
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-201210260935-4
- Language
- eng
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