TOPIC FOR REVIEW PAPER #5

MUSIC OF SOUTH ASIA

PAPER DUE: Thursday, November 14

Read the articles in the course reader:

Shankar – "My Heritage"

Broughton – “Songs of Praise: Sufi Devotional Music of Pakistan”

Write a 2-page paper on the following topic:

Describe the spiritual, devotional and mystical dimensions of Indian classical music and Pakistani Sufi music. After describing these two traditions, write your own thoughts about spirituality and mysticism (or the lack thereof) in Western music (rock, jazz, classical, etc.) with which you are familiar.