South Indian music / P. Sambamoorthy.

Author/creator Sambamoorthy, P.
Format Book
Edition7th edition, revised and enlarged.
Publication InfoMadras : Indian Music Pub. House, 1966-69.
Description6 volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subjects
Carnatic music--History and criticism.

Uniform titleSouth Indian music series
Contents Volume 1. Musicography -- Technical terms -- Vocalises -- Sapta Tala Alankaras -- Acoustics -- Concert programme; some underlying principles -- Musical wealth of India -- Appendix. Svarajnanam exercieses.
Contents Volume 2. Raga -- Tala -- Musical form -- The 35 Alankaras. Additional Alankandras -- Gitas. Jatisvaras ; Svarajatis -- Acoustics -- Technical terms -- Appendix. Manufacture of musical instruments ; Varda vadyas ; Yazh ; Vocal music vs instrumental music ; Raga rupa sanchari. Huseni raga ; Questions.
Contents Volume 3. Raga -- The 72 Melakartas -- Janya Ragas: computation -- Raga Lakshana -- Tana -- Musical form -- Musical form (contd.) -- Folk music -- Musical instruments -- Sangita mela - orchestra -- Musical compositions in notation -- Technical terms -- Description of ragas -- Appendix. Giving the Arohana and Avarohana of 204 Janya ragas ; Questions -- Passages for the identification of raga and tala and passages for musical dictation, musical punctuation, sight singing etc.
Contents Volume 4. Manodharma sangita -- Pallavi -- Svara kalpana -- Raga classification in ancient music -- 22 Srutis -- Gamakas -- Tala -- Musical form -- Obsolete forms -- Style in music and musical compositions -- Contemporary music -- Contemporary composers -- The influences of exotic music on the development of South Indian music -- Prosody -- Kachcheri dharma -- Comparative music -- Raga lakshana -- Appendix. Ragamalika march -- Questions -- Passages for sight singing and raga identification. Test pallavis.
Contents Volume 5. Music and mathematics -- Early experiments in music -- Survival of the useful and the beautiful in the realm of music -- Origin of scales and ragas -- Murchchanakaraka melas -- Murchchanakaraka Janya ragas -- Mela, Mela Paddhati and Mela nomenclature -- A new scheme of 5184 Melakartus -- Musical laws, facts and phenomena known to the Indian musicologists of ancient and medieval times -- The evolution of finger technique in Indian instrumental music -- Raga and emotion -- Mudras in musical compositions -- Music and temples -- Geographical factors and music -- Miscellaneous. Plural sahityas for famous tunes and plural tunes for famous sahityas ; The influence of music on health ; Melodic harmony ; Brinda Gana - its origin and development ; Srutir mata; Laya: pita -- Raga Lakshana. Appendicies I to V ; Questions.
Contents Volume 6. Nomenclatures in Indian music -- Musical facts -- Facts relating to ragas -- Music and religion -- Indian music and western music - Some parallel concepts -- Vestiges of Indian music in the music of the neighboring countries -- 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 -- Music of the ancient Tamils -- Folk music and classical music -- Consonance -- Music in Europe and other countries -- Ragas mentioned in ancient and medieval works -- Ragas mentioned in modern works -- Some acoustic marvels -- Raga Lakshana. A note on svara sancharas in vakra ragas -- Pallavis -- Rain producing music -- Mysore as a seat of music -- Honours bestowed on musicians and dancers in the past and present -- Music as a factor in promoting world harmony -- Appendix I. Indian dance -- Appendix II. Raga lakshana (cont.).
General noteBook 3: 6th ed., rev. and enl.; book 4: 3d ed., rev. and enl.; book 5: 2d ed.; book 6, issued without edition statement.
LCCN 74912535
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