Re-organization and Rhetoric: Changes in the social organization of North Indian classical music

Abstract

This article re-examines some of the conclusions drawn about the social organization of North Indian classical music by Daniel Neuman in his writings of1977 and 1980. It marks the changes effected in the relationship between soloist and accompanist system through the ascendancy of specialists from other than traditional backgrounds. It explores the way such changes are framed by practitioners by validation through the rhetoric of tradition, pedigree and seniority, and investigates the manner in which the musical authority of soloist over accompanist is maintained in the absence of its underpinning by social hierarchy.

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