Geography as melody in Muttusvami Dikshita's Indian musical works *.: An article from: The Geographical Review

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From the author: The life and works of Muttusvami Dikshita (1775-1834), a luminary of South Indian Karnatak classical music, abound in spatiocultural symbolisms of integration and harmony. Dikshita's peregrinations symbolize a cultural circuit of Hindu pilgrimage. His studies of North Indian Hindustani music at Varanasi (formerly Benares), and his transplantation of them throughout South India, make him an active agent of cultural diffusion, harmonizing cultural traditions through spatiosymbolic anchors. The religious expression of his musical genius, his songs, and his melodies contributed to linking linguistically and politically disparate regions of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century India. The works of Dikshita affirm India's cultural continuity and underscore its enduring cultural empathies and similarities. Keywords: cultural diffusion, Muttusvami Dikshita, India, music.

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Title: Geography as melody in Muttusvami Dikshita's Indian musical works *.
Author: Chandra S. Balachandran
Publication:The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 91 Issue: 4 Page: 690(12)

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