{"version":1.0,"type":"rich","provider_name":"SoundCloud","provider_url":"https://soundcloud.com","height":400,"width":"100%","title":"Dravidian Dithyramb - Victor Paranjoti by Vox Musica","description":"Dravidian Dithyramb \r\ncomposed by: Victor Paranjoti \r\nconductor: Daniel Paulson\r\nensemble: Vox Musica\r\n\r\nThe Dravidian Dithyramb embodies traces of ragas from the Carnatic music of South India, but it also bears an astonishing resemblance to the tarana - a form of Hindustani classical music which uses Persian and Arabic phonemes as nonsense syllables. In Paranjoti’s own lifetime, the work was frequently performed with the syllables din tak on the last two eighth notes of every measure. (Dravidian usually refers to the languages and races of South India, as distinct from Aryan which usually defines the linguistic and racial group to the north. Dithyramb is a Greek term for a wild, passionate hymn.) A note about the Dravidian Dithyramb, possibly written by Paranjoti himself, describes the piece in greater detail:“Notable for its use of typical Indian melodic motifs, this work for wordless double choir demands the highest precision of rhythm, and a wild range of tonal and dynamic values. The Dravidian Dithyramb is an expression of uninhibited festivity. An elusive but persistent pulse motivates the music, which is based on mere fragments of melody--pulse driving onward faster and faster toward the final frenzied utterance.”","thumbnail_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000314534292-epqoqe-t500x500.jpg","html":"","author_name":"Vox Musica","author_url":"https://soundcloud.com/vox-musica"}