A Historical Study of Indian Music covers a wide range from the earliest historical traces of our music to the present day. At a time most historical studies degenerated into a mixture of pseudo-legendary and mythology with large doses of sentimentality and platitudes, but Swami Prajnanananda's scholarly approach is like breath of fresh air. The learned author starts with the Vedic music, Gandharva music and ends with the Rabindra Samgita and Rabindranath Tagore's own theories. And apart from detailed and scientific analysis of music of every type of every age, he has explored practically every relevant field - ancient musical instruments, the nature of Indian and Western orchestra, and the chorus in ancient India, the Saptatantri Vina in the Buddhist caves, the concept of raga, Aryan and non-Aryan theories, the origin and developments of Dhrupad, Khayal, Bengali songs along with other musical types. The author has examined the close relationship that exists between music and dance and has thrown sufficient light on the problems of acoustics, aesthetics, both Indian and Western psychology, philosophy and iconography of Indian music.
The learned author has added four informative Appendices which will solver many knotty problems of music, both Indian and Western. The book is, therefore, a compendium and indispensable volume for the seekers of knowledge and experience.
About the Author:
Swami Prajnanananda owned great reputation in the fields of scholastic studies and research. He learnt classical music under noted Ustads and has extensively read and made research on musical treatises. He was awarded the Sisir Memorial Prize in 1958, the Rabindra Memorial Prize in 1960, the Fellowship by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi in 1963, and was awarded the Sarojini Gold Medal by the University of Calcutta. He was conferred D.Litt. by Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta. He is an author of many research books written in English, Sanskrit and Bengali.
Foreword by Dr. V.K. Narayana Menon Preface to the Second edition Preface to the First edition
Chapter 1 A Historical Study
Chapter 2 The Vedic Music and the Gandharva Music
Chapter 3 Music in the Naradisiksa and the Natyasastra The Naradisiksa The Natyasastra of Bharata
Chapter 4 The Jatis as Described in Bharata's Natyasastra
Chapter 5 Ancient Musical Instruments of India
Chapter 6 Orchestra and Chorus Songs in Ancient India
Chapter 7 Saptatantri-Veena in The Buddhist Caves of Pitalkhora
Chapter 8 The Concept of Raga
Chapter 9 Aryan and Non-Aryan Elements in Some Indian Ragas
Chapter 10 The Origin and Development of Dhruvapada The Culture of Dhruvapada in Bengal Difference between the Dhruva-Gana and The Dhruva-Gana A View and Outlook
Chapter 11 The Evolution of Kheyal and its Development The Evolution of the Gharanas The Development and Culture of the Dhruvapada in Bengal
Chapter 12 A Short Analysis of Music of Bengal The Middle of the Nineteenth Century The New Composers
Chapter 13 A Short Survey of Dances of India General Rules for Dance The Mythico-Religious Interpretations of Evolution of Dance, as described in the Visnudharmottara-Purana Samgitaratnakara by Sarngadeva Dance Troupe The Nine Sentiments (Rasa-s)
Chapter 14 The Acoustics of Indian Music
Chapter 15 The Iconography of Indian Music
Chapter 16 The Aesthetic-cum-Psychological Aspect of Indian Music
Chapter 17 The Philosophy of Music
Chapter 18 The Prime Object and Ideal of Indian Music
Appendix 1 An Analysis of Music in an Oldest Purana
Appendix 2 Mangalagiti : Its Significance and Form
Appendix 3 Rabindra-Sangit and Rabindranath
Appendix 4 Problem of Santa and other Rasas
Bibliography
Index.
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