
Singing Emptiness
Kumar Gandharva Performs the Poetry of Kabir
Linda Hess(Author)
Seagull Books London Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
92 pages
978-1-905422-84-5 (ISBN)
Description
Here, two men, 5 centuries apart, make contact with each other through poetry, music, and performance. Kumar Gandharva is the great 20th Century Hindustani classical vocalist and Kabir is the great 15th Century poet. Kabir composed poetry that evoked a space called nirgun or shunya - something without qualities or boundaries, empty - which challenged listeners to know it and to know themselves. Kumar Gandharva, drawn to Kabir and other poets of the nirgun experience, seeks the voice that can actually sing emptiness. "Singing Emptiness" includes an explanatory introduction, bilingual texts of 30 songs, and a CD with selected songs by Kumar Gandharva.
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Language
English
Other
Place of publication
Greenford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 CD
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905422-84-5 (9781905422845)
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Person
Linda Hess teaches in the Dept. of Religious Studies at Stanford University and is co-director of Stanford's Center for South Asia. Her previous work on North Indian bhakti poetry and performance includes The Bijak of Kabir and numerous articles on Kabir, Tulsidas and Ramlila performance.
Content
1. About the Texts and Translations2. The Songs: Hindi texts and English translations with Notes3. Passing Away* Bibliography* Discography