Identifier
etd-06132013-161429
Degree
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide a transcription and musical analysis of Ravi Shankar’s Morning Love for Western flute, sitar, tabla and tanpura. This document provides a discussion of Ravi Shankar’s biography, a theoretical context for the piece including an introduction to Hindustani musical characteristics, and prescriptive transcriptions of Morning Love in Western and Indian notation. A detailed analysis of the piece applies the Hindustani classical musical characteristics discussed. Morning Love is one of only two pieces for Western flute composed by Ravi Shankar as a result of his collaboration with French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. Prior to this research, there was no transcription of Morning Love: Shankar taught the composition to Rampal by ear and all that existed was a professional audio recording, Improvisations - West Meets East (1976). This study provides a transcription of Morning Love, allowing for a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the piece and also making it more accessible to Western musicians who are interested in performing it.
Date
2013
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Padgett, Bethany, "Transcription and analysis of Ravi Shankar's Morning Love for Western flute, sitar, tabla and tanpura" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 511.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/511
Committee Chair
Bartolome, Sarah
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.511