TY - BOOK AU - Subramanian, Lakshmi. AU - Lakshmi Subramanian. TI - From the Tanjore Court to the Madras Music Academy: : a social history of music in South India SN - 9780198071907 U1 - 780.95 SUB PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - : Oxford University Press KW - Music KW - History and criticism KW - Music Academy (Madras, India) N2 - This book presents a distinctive account of the striking transformation of traditional music as it moved out of the quiet courtyards of Tanjore to the concert halls of Madras. It examines the making of a modern classical tradition and the related institution-building process, and raises larger questions of identity and imagination in the context of colonial and postcolonial social realities. The second edition with a new introduction updates the reader on the recent research in the field and highlights the need for an inter-disciplinary approach ER -