Burma, Kipling and Western Music

Andrew Selth is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith University and the Australian National University. He has been studying international security issues and Asian affairs for over 40 years, as a diplomat, strategic intelligence analyst and research scholar. He has published six books, including Burma’s Armed Forces: Power Without Glory.

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