COLONIAL INTERLUDE: NOTTUSWARA SAHITYAS OF DIKSHITAR by Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran

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COLONIAL INTERLUDE: NOTTUSWARA SAHITYAS OF DIKSHITAR by Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran

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Music Club IIT Madras, invites you for the

COLONIAL INTERLUDE: NOTTUSWARA SAHITYAS OF DIKSHITAR by Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran, Alumnus of IIT Madras.
A multi-media lecture demonstration exploring a fascinating slice of Indian colonial history. 200 years ago, Muthuswamy Dikshitar (1775-1835), one of India’s revered composers wrote Sanskrit lyrics to Irish, Scottish and English tunes that arrived in India with the East India Company. The result is a genre of music that is neither completely Indian nor completely western. This interactive lec-dem takes you on an intriguing journey featuring one of the first cultural crossovers between the East and the West. An array of jigs and reels and a parallel narrative featuring related kritis and their history will be presented in this talk that covers the intriguing genre of nottusvara sahityas.

Oct 1, 2018,
Time: 6:00 PM,
Venue: Central Lecture Theatre (CLT), IIT Madras campus

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