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SUMMARY:A Mughal Songbook: Art\, Music and Empire
DESCRIPTION:The songbook of Sophia Elizabeth Plowden\, with lyrics of Rekht
 ah ghazal by Asaf al-Dawlah\, Nawab of Avadh and Punjabi tappah\, ink\, op
 aque watercolours\, and gold on paper\, Lucknow\, India\, 1787-88\, © Fit
 zwilliam Museum Cambridge.\nA Mughal Songbook: Art\, Music and Empire\, is
  an upcoming display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It reveals th
 e intricate pages of the illustrated songbook\, which is a book that gave 
 rise to a cross-cultural appreciation of Hindustani music. \n\nContaining
  seventy-seven songs written in Persian\, Urdu\, Classical Hindi\, and Pun
 jabi\, this manuscript offers a window into the visual and performing art
 s of late Mughal South Asia\, illuminating the relationships between singe
 rs\, dancers\, courtesans\, poets\, and the books and objects they cherish
 ed. \n\nAt the core of A Mughal Songbook is the story of Sophia Elizabeth
  Plowden (1751–1834)\, and her exquisite book of lyrics and music notati
 on\, dated 1787–88. In it\, Plowden recorded and illustrated the music s
 he encountered in North Indian courtly gatherings during a period of trans
 ition between the Mughal and British Empires. \n\nThe illustrated songboo
 k ultimately gave rise to the colonial phenomenon of ‘Hindustani Airs’
  – Hindustani songs adapted and performed by British elites on the harps
 ichord. This talk will give audiences a sneak peek at this upcoming exhibi
 tion and re-enliven the sensory world of Islamic and South Asian art\, evo
 king the sounds\, images\, and textures emerging from late Mughal culture.
 \n\nThis event is in collaboration with Art\, Resources and Teaching Trust
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