Konnakkol Manual. David P. Nelson

Konnakkol Manual - David P. Nelson


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      Konnakkol Manual

      Konnakkol Manual:

      AN ADVANCED COURSE IN SOLKAṬṬU

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      David P. Nelson

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut

      Konnakkol Manual

      Wesleyan University Press

      Middletown CT 06459

       www.wesleyan.edu/wespress

      © 2019 David P. Nelson

      All rights reserved

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Designed by Vicki Kuskowski

      Typeset in Times New Roman by Passumpsic Publishing

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      available upon request

      Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8195-7878-5

      Ebook ISBN: 978-0-8195-7879-2

      5 4 3 2 1

      Front cover illustration: T.R. Rajakumari in the role of the devadāsī dancer Devakumāri in the film Krishna Bhakthi (1949). Image from the private collection of S.V. Jayababu.

      For Christian Scheuber

      CONTENTS

PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
PART 1 TEXT AND CONTEXT 1
1 · Strategy and Structure 3
The Purpose of This Book 3
Strategies for Learning This Material 4
The Structure of This Book 7
Pronunciation 7
Glossary 8
2 · What Is This Thing Called Tāḷa? 9
Nāṭyaśastra 9
Suladi Sapta Tāḷas 10
The Thirty-Five-Tāḷa Scheme 10
The “Capu” Tāḷas 11
Rūpaka Tāḷa as a Special Case 12
Tāḷas from Tiruppugaṟ, Sixteenth-Century Songs by Arunagirinadar 12
The Big Four Tāḷas 12
Glossary 13
3 · Notation Conventions and Some Fundamental Concepts 14
Notation 14
Sarvalaghu and Kaṇakku: Two Fundamental Concepts 15
Glossary 18
4 · Three Generations, Three Directions 19
The Palani Composition Revisited 20
Solkaṭṭu Manual Kōrvai from Chapter 8 24
A Kōrvai in Three Naḍais 28
5 · Exercises in Tiśra Naḍai and Khaṇḍa Naḍai 30
Preparation for Advanced Material
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