Volume I
Contents
CHAPTER I
Introduction
1
CHAPTER II
Musicography
31
CHAPTER III
Technical Terms
51
CHAPTER IV
Vocalises
63
CHAPTER V
Sapta Tala Alankaras
86
CHAPTER VI
Acoustics
95
CHAPTER VII
Structure of Alankaras
98
CHAPTER VIII
Concert Programme; Some Underlying Principles
101
CHAPTER IX
Musical Wealth of India
108
APPENDIX
Svarajnanam Exercises
121
Questions
126
Volume II
Raga
Tala
18
Musical Form
29
CHAPIER IV
The 35 Alankaras
46
Additional Alankaras
60
Gitas
68
Jatisvaras
Svarajatis
92
103
Technical terms
109
APPENDIX I
Manufacture of Musical Instruments
138
APPENDIX II
Varga vadyas
154
APPENDIX III
Yazh
158
APPENDIX IV
Vocal music vs Instrumental music
165
APPENDIX V
Raga rupa sanchari Huseni raga
174
176
Volume III
Preface
In the seventh edition, the theoreticai portions have been further enlarged. Model Appreciation essays on six kritis of Tyagaraja have been added at the end. Some more technical terms have been explained in Chapter XII.
Topics like Analytical and Synthetic portrayal of Ragas in musical compositions and the utility of Sutra gitas are additions to this edition.
The book has been carefully revised and brought up-to-date.
I.
II.
The 72 Melakartas
32
III.
Janya Ragas : Computation
69
IV.
Raga Lakshana
79
V.
Ta1a
VI.
116
VII.
Musical Form (cond.)
185
Folk Music
225
IX.
Musica1 Instruments
247
X.
Sangita Mela- Orchestra
278
XI.
Musical Compositions (Lakshana gita and Tan varnas)
288
XII.
308
XIII.
Description of Ragas
345
Appendix:
Arohana and Avarohana of Ragas
400
441
Musical Aphorism
445
Sutra Gitas
446
Model Appreciation Essays
447
Analytical and Synthetic portrayal of Ragas
469
Volume IV
I
Manodharma sangita
II
Pallavi
20
III
Svara kalpana
66
IV
Raga classification in Ancient music
V
22 Srutis
100
VI
Gamakas
133
VII
146
VIII
Musical form
IX
Obsolete forms
229
X
Style in Music and Musical Compositions
236
XI
Contemporary music
243
XII
Contemporary composers
257
XIII
The Influences of exotic music on the
development of South Indian Music
267
XIV
Prosody
283
XV
Kachcheri dharma
310
XVI
Comparative music
323
XVII
Raga lakshana
373
Appendix: Ragamalika March
401
404
Passages for sight singing and Raga
identification. Test Pallavis
411
Volume V
Music and Mathematics
Early Experiments in Music
39
Survival of the useful and the beautiful in the realm of Music
55
Origin of scales and ragas
Murchchanakaraka melas
84
Murchchanakaraka Janya ragas
97
Mela, Meta Paddhati and Mela
Nomenclature
A New scheme of 5184 Melakartas
111
Musical laws, facts and phenomena
known to the Indian Musicologists
of ancient and medieval times
134
The evolution of Finger technique
in Indian Instrumental music
145
Raga and Emotion
160
Mudras in musical compositions
183
Music and Temples
211
Geographical factors and music
232
Miscellaneous:
Plural sahityas for famous tunes and
plural tunes for famous sahityas
The influence of Music on Health
255
Melodic harmony
261
Brinda Gana - Its origin and development
265
Srutir mata ; Laya: pita
269
273
Appendices I to V
280
289
Volume VI
This is the Concluding volume in the series of books planned for the; exposition of the Theory of South Indian Music in all its comprehensive aspects. South Indian music can stand on a par with western music in having an intelligent and well-developed system of musicology and which can be studied at the highest levels. Some of the topics dealt with in this book appeared originally as articles contributed by the author to various journals. They have since been amplified and re- written in the light of subsequent researches and presented here.
Matter treated of in Chapters V (Indian music and Western Music - some parallels) and Chapter XIV (Music in Europe and other countries) are more of interest from the point of view of Comparative music.
Twenty pallavis inclusive of well known pallavis and scholarly pallavis art: given with notation in Chapter XIX. This along with the fifty pallavis given in South Indian music: Book IV brings the total number of pallavis given in notation in this Series to 70. Lakshanas of 28 ragas are given in Chapter XVIII and in Appendix II. This brings the total number of ragas described in the several books of the Author to 134.
Nomenclatures in Indian Music
Musical Facts
9
Facts relating to Ragas
21
Music and: Religion
Indian music and Western music-Some parallel concepts
34
Vestiges of Indian music in the Music of the Neighbouring countries
41
Modern Institutions for the Preservation and Development of Music and Dance
Influences of Hindusthani Music on Karnatic music
Recent advances in the realm of Musicology. Repertoire, Musical Instruments and Research
Kuravanji Natakas
72
Music of the Ancient Tamils
85
Folk music and Classical music
106
Consonance
113
Music in Europe and other Countries
120
Ragas mentioned in Ancient and Medieval works
141
Ragas mentioned in Modern Works
179
Some Acoastic Marvels
XVIII
Raza Lakshana
A note on svara sancharas in vakra ragas
187
XIX
Pallavis
192
XX
Rain producing Music
230
XXI
Mysore as a seat or Music
234
XXII
Honours bestowed on Musicians and ...
246
Dancers in the Past and Present
253
XXIII
Music as a factor in promoting
262
World harmony
275
Appendix I
Indian Dance
279
Appendix II
Raga lakshana (cont.)
305
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