Well ...at an Stanford event couple of years back where ARR was honored - one of the presenters who was doing her PhD in Music (an American or European lady), I think her thesis or research subject was on Indian music and she definitely had studied ARR's music all the way from Roja up until then. I don't remember her name though but if there is someone else who attended that event and remembers the details, probably they can spell it out.
-A On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:06 AM, ichord <purev...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > We all know ARR is now a doctor 3 times over with his 3 honorary > doctorates. He is truly deserving of these degrees. However, wouldn't it be > cool if someone did their Ph.D. dissertation or thesis on his music? Would > that be even possible? I think it is! > > Imagine someone pursuing their Ph.D. in anthropology of music or > ethno-musicology. "The phrase anthropology of music is most closely > associated with Alan P. Merriam's 1964 landmark book bearing this title. In > this prescriptive text, influential through the 1980s, Merriam defines > ethno-musicology as the study of music in culture in relation to the mutual > interactions of sound, behavior, and concepts." > > Above quote taken from: > http://science.jrank.org/pages/7893/Music-Anthropology.html#ixzz0RffZiTPx > > Someone could easily pick AR Rahman's music from India as a theoretical > dissertation topic, highlighting how Rahman's music not only represents the > broad diversity of Indian culture, but how his music, like India, absorbs > various world influences to form its coherent identity from a conceptual > basis and its subsequent impact on human behavior and culture. Rahman has > enough of a volume of both domestic and international music for someone to > really study and create a dissertation. It would be absolutely fascinating! > > > -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com
