Music of eastern India : vocal music in Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, and Manipuri, with special emphasis on Bengali / Sukumar Ray.
| Author/creator | Rāẏa, Sukumāra, 1912- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | [1st edition]. |
| Publication Info | Calcutta : Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay, 1973. |
| Description | xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A prelude. The period ; Pre-nineteen thirties ; A case for new methodology ; Problems and principles ; Defining forms -- The first phase: Buddhistic songs. Caryagiti, mystic lyrics of twenty-three Buddhist monks, pre-Kirtana period -- Devotional vaisnava thematic music. Padavali Kirtan: theme ; Music ; History -- Songs on Goddess Syama. Syamasangit -- The old Bengali song. Pracin Bangla Gan ; Songs of plays ; Jatra songs -- Raga music: impact on regional songs. A survey ; Comparative historical chart -- Dhrupad (Dhrubapada): source and style ; Stanza ; The impact -- Khayal: origin. Elements of style ; The influence ; Rag-pradhan -- Tappa: origin. Influence of Tappa Tan ; Tappa-Khayal -- Thumri: theme. History ; The style and its impact -- Forms of Bengali folk music. Classification ; Folk musical instruments ; Musical patterns ; Other feature -- Medieval music and folk music: Oriya, Assamese and Manipuri. Oriya ; Assamese ; Manipuri -- Patterns of rhythm. Popular Talas: Classical and light ; Talas in Kirtan -- The modern period. Art-form in lyrical songs -- Tagore music. Is Tagore music a school? ; Raga in Tagore music ; Theme of songs, composition and performance ; Classification ; Tagorean patterns of tunes ; Rhythm ; A comprehensive view ; Selections of songs based on Dhrupad ; Songs based on local tunes of Bengal -- Poet-composers - contemporaries of Tagore. Dwijendralal (D. L. Roy) -- Rajanikanta Sen -- Atulprasad Sen, lyric ; Music -- Songs of Nazrul Islam: the background. The musical personality ; The new feature ; A comprehensive view -- Modern songs. Adhunik ; The lyric ; Composer ; Composers of Bengal ; Assamese modern composition ; Oriya modern composition ; Modern song: performance and production ; Manipuri modern song and discography. |
| Abstract | North Indian music has developed two facets of expressions - Raga or classical music and devotional-cum-light music. Classical songs grew in many ways through innumerable phases at different periods. So also, devotional songs evolved a methodological structure, while its counterpart, light music, especially lyrical songs and modern songs of today, imbibed a new technique. Therefore, forms, intricacies, aesthetic excellences, classical influences and rhythmic patterns of popular songs make a separate subject of study. Interested readers will find in this book a clear idea of the technique of music compositions of popular type of Bengali songs. The author has cast his net wide putting together in a single volume the account of Assamese, Oriya and Manipuri popular music also. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 73906837 |
| Stock number | Rs45.00 |
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