Music in India : the classical traditions / Bonnie C. Wade.
| Author/creator | Wade, Bonnie C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1979. |
| Description | xix, 252 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Prentice-Hall history of music series Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410 |
| Contents | The listener and Indian music. The setting ; The relationship between listener and performer ; Diversity: a characteristic of Indian cultures -- The shared tradition: ensemble, pitch, notation, and drone. Hindustani notation ; Karnatak notation ; The melodic drone -- Melody. Hindustani melodic concepts ; Karnatak melodic concepts ; Origin of ragas ; Classification of ragas -- Melody instruments. Tata Vadya: the stringed instruments ; Sushira Vadya: the wind instruments -- Meter. Hindustani metric concepts ; Karnatak metric concepts -- Rhythm instruments and drumming. Ghana and Avanddha Vadya: idiophones and membranophones ; Karnatak drumming ; Hindustani drumming -- Performance genres of Hindustani music. Vocal music ; Instrumental genres -- Performance genres of karnatak music. Varnam ; Ragam-tanam-pallavi ; Light classical genres -- Musicians and musicianship: the performance and the audience contexts. |
| Abstract | This book is written for the uninitiated Westerner. It is an introduction to the principles, ideas, and systems of two traditions of Indian classical music. It is geared to the listener as well as to the performer. Chapter 1 concerns the listener and the effect of music. Performance situations are described to show how theory is put into practice. Chapters 2 and 3 contrast concepts in Indian and Western classical music as well as classification of melody type, ideas about notating and notation systems used in Indian traditions are also explained. Chapter 4 describes the primary melody-producing instruments. Chapter 5 contrasts Hindustani and Western concepts of rhythm and meter. Additional chapters are concerned with those performance genres which can be heard on available recordings. The final chapter combines all of the various elements by commenting on the requirements of a good musician. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-220), discography (pages 220-233), filmography (pages 233-235) and index. |
| LCCN | 77028488 |