An Introduction to Indian Music

Language: EnglishPages: 168 (46 B/W Illustrations)About the Book To many a Westerner, Indian music may be a melodywithout a specific beginning or a definite end. To many Indians it is more agymnastics in sound. A help to listen has, therefore, to be provided sometimes. There are two section: thegrammatical which describes the structure of Indian music, the raga and tala and the prabandha whichhelps the listener to understand the actual way of the construction of themusic. The second part is the socio-historical background and the aesthetics ofIndian music which gives the necessary orientation and viewpoint required for theappreciation of this art. This book is therefore an attempt to introduce mainlythe classical music of India to both kinds of listeners who are earnest butfind the technicalities little baffling. About theAuthor The author Dr. B. ChaitanyaDeva,was a founder fellow, Acoustical Society of India and Associate Founder Fellow,Acounstical Society of India and Associate FounderFellow of the Musicological Society of India. He studied RavindraSangeet in Santiniketan and later on, Hindustanivocal music with reputed gurus like pandit Vinayakarao Patwardhan, Ustad Aman Ali Khan and Pandit Keshav BuwaLngle. He has to his credit a number of researchpapers in Psycho-acoustics, ethnomusicology and organologyin various Indian and International journals. His book, Psycho-acousrics of Music and speech has received internationalacclaim as a pioneering work. Dr. Deva,