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Aspects of Indian Music
134 (4 Color Illustrations)
Foreword
The fourteen essays that constitute this book were originally commissioned in the mid-1980s
at the instance of Dr. Narayana Menon, the then Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, on
the occasion of one of the first Festivals of India in Europe. Subsequently, these were
published by the Sangeet Natak Akademi under the editorship of Prof. Sumati Mutakar (1987).
The work of well-known writers in the field of music, the collection provides the general
reader with a wide view of music in northern and southern India.
The book has been out of print for some time though it has remained in constant
demand. It is therefore re-issued in an attractive new cover, but with all its content
intact. I am sure readers will welcome back the publication as they greeted it when it first
appeared.
Preface
A collection of essays by diverse hands, Aspects of Indian Music offers accounts of the
prominent facets of the music of India.
Contributions to the book are chiefly of three kinds; though not separated in
sections, they roughly follow the order described here. Writings of the first variety set
out the basic concepts of raga and tala. Those of the second explain particular
song-forms-dhrupada, khayal and thumri. To the third belong articles on the teaching and
conservation of music through the guru-shishya system and the gharanas. There are besides
articles that share the nature of all three varieties, such as the synoptic survey of
Carnatic music-taking in its history, song-forms, instruments. In addition, there are essays
on the raga-time associati
Foreword
The fourteen essays that constitute this book were originally commissioned in the mid-1980s
at the instance of Dr. Narayana Menon, the then Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, on
the occasion of one of the first Festivals of India in Europe. Subsequently, these were
published by the Sangeet Natak Akademi under the editorship of Prof. Sumati Mutakar (1987).
The work of well-known writers in the field of music, the collection provides the general
reader with a wide view of music in northern and southern India.
The book has been out of print for some time though it has remained in constant
demand. It is therefore re-issued in an attractive new cover, but with all its content
intact. I am sure readers will welcome back the publication as they greeted it when it first
appeared.
Preface
A collection of essays by diverse hands, Aspects of Indian Music offers accounts of the
prominent facets of the music of India.
Contributions to the book are chiefly of three kinds; though not separated in
sections, they roughly follow the order described here. Writings of the first variety set
out the basic concepts of raga and tala. Those of the second explain particular
song-forms-dhrupada, khayal and thumri. To the third belong articles on the teaching and
conservation of music through the guru-shishya system and the gharanas. There are besides
articles that share the nature of all three varieties, such as the synoptic survey of
Carnatic music-taking in its history, song-forms, instruments. In addition, there are essays
on the raga-time associati
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First published January 1, 2006
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