Burma, Kipling and Western Music: The Riff from Mandalay
- Author: Selth, Andrew
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Contents
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Scope of the Study
- Burma and Names
- Definitions and Conventions
- 1. Setting the Scene
- The West and the `Orient'
- Burma and the Popular Imagination
- The West and `Burma Girls'
- 2. Burma and Western Music Before `Mandalay'
- Religious Music
- Secular Music
- Stage Shows
- 3. Rudyard Kipling and `Mandalay'
- On The Road
- The Musical Settings
- 4. Burma and Western Music After `Mandalay'
- Imitations and Inspirations
- Other Burma-Related Works
- 5. Patterns and Particulars
- Subjects and Themes
- Styles, Types and Rhymes
- Race and Religion
- Burma and the Burmese
- Women and Sexism
- 6. Burma's Changing Soundscape
- Early Colonial Entertainments
- Burma's Developing Music Scene
- Music and the War Years
- 7. And The Band Played On
- Burma, Hollywood and Film Music
- Western Music in Burma After 1948
- Aung San Suu Kyi, Kipling and Music
- 8. Afterword
- Appendix: Musical Works with Burmese Themes
- The Early Period (1824-1889)
- Kipling's `Mandalay' and After (1890-1939)
- The War Years and After (1940-1948)
- References
- Newspaper Stories
- Articles and Chapters
- Monographs and Books
- On-line Sources
- Other Sources