M Hariharan
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The articles on this book represents a compilation of a wide range of articles on music by various authorities. The purpose of this volume is to bring under one cover some of the materials in an appropriate sequence so as to portray a cogent picture of the different facets of Indian Music and Dance as well as Western music. As such the compilation should provide the general reader as well as lover of music valuable and interesting information on the subject.
Music in India was undivided and one singular tradition termed Indian music was existed till the invasion of the Mughals and Persians into the Northern part of India. The music and its growth that we see today hence became unchanged and un-impacted. The authors of this volume have edited and presented in this volume an extensive collections essays focusing on composers like Jayadeva, Puradandara Dasa, Haridasa composers from Karnataka, King Shahaji, Margadarsi ...
This volume brings to the fore a synoptic and thematic understanding of the development of South Indian music commencing from 13th cent thru 18th century, the latter period being categorized as the Golden Period of South Indian music. The complete growth of Indian during this period is considered as the Golden Era of South Indian Music. The contributions of Jayadeva, Puradandara Das, the father of Carnatic music and his forerunners known as Haridasa of Karnataka, ...
From the evidence contained in the creative literature, texts and manuals, sculptural reliefs, architectural monuments, inscriptional and epigraphical records etc., it is obvious that music flourished at all levels of the society and also that each region was culturally related to other regions far and near. And yet not withstanding these inter-relationships and mutual borrowing, some regions because of political events, some because of migration from other parts ...
Non-governmental organizations have become the new hope of development cooperation. Criticism of official and multi-lateral development assistance is mounting. After more than four decades of international cooperation, there is more poverty in the Third World (with the exception of a few countries) than ever before. It has become clear that existing instruments cannot bring about change. Even the large donor organizations doubt their own ability to solve problems ...
The purpose of the present publication is to bring under one cover all this material in an appropriate sequence. With a view to presenting a cogent picture of the development of Indian music in the context of the contribution by difference composers.
The role of Maharaja Swati Tirunal is highly noteworthy in the development of Indian Music in general and Carnatic music in particular. He also stands supreme among the composer-musicians in the annals of the cultural history of Kerala. It is he who modeled the musical setting in the extreme south during the 18th and 19th centuries even as the musical Trinity – Sri Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri did in the Cauvery delta and adjoining areas. ...
From the evidence contained in the creative literature, texts and manuals, sculptural reliefs, architectural monuments, inscriptional and epigraphical records etc, it is obvious that music flourished at all levels of the society and also that each region was culturally related to other regions far and near. And yet notwithstanding these inter-relationships and mutual borrowings, some regions because of political events, some because of migration from other parts ...
A study on the Royal Contribution and patronage to Indian music, which happens to be the major theme of this volume is attempted perhaps for the first time now in a comprehensive manner. The period of study ranges from 2nd B.C. to the present century covering most of the regions of India, Contributions of more than seventy royal scholars and patrons have been taken up in this work like Chikkadearaja Wodeyar, Ettendra Maharaja, Govinda dikshita, Haripala, ...
The subject matter in many books and articles which have appeared in different journals and souvenirs over the past few dacades represent comprehensive research-oriented studies embracing various facets of music. But there is no publication which deals under one cover with the life styles and contribitions of the great composers who have made Indian music what it is today. The present volume is an attempt to fill this lacuna. There are altogether the biographies ...
Usually books on Indian Music and Dance that are written in India are most technical in nature and are, therefore, difficult for lay people to follow. As such this volume of compilation which is the third volume in the series, again, provide the general reader as well as lovers of music valuable and interesting information on the subject. The articles in this book represents a compilation of a wide range of articles on music by various authorities in the subject, ...