[INDOLOGY] Classical Indian musical theory

Mon Jun 24 06:00:29 UTC 2024

Dear Martin , this might be of use to your friend
Why Carnatic Music?
Todd M. McCombmccomb at medieval.org
http://www.medieval.org/music/world/carnatic/cmc.html

*This article appeared in the May 1999 issue of Keertana, the newsletter of
the Carnatic Music Circle Melbourne. It has since been reprinted in other
Indian publications.*

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from
http://www.medieval.org/music/world/carnatic.html

from
https://carnatic2000.tripod.com/links.htm

from
https://carnatic2000.tripod.com/rasika6.htm

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfIndianMusicBySambamoorthy
>
>
> *History of Indian Music by Sambamoorthy *
> by Sambamoorthy
> South Indian Music (6 Books)
> P Sambamurthy, The Indian Music Publishing House, 2002, pbk, xxxiv, 1815
> p, tables
>
> *Contents:* Book. I: 1. Introduction. 2. Musicography. 3. Technical
> terms. 4. Vocalises. 5. Sapta Tala Alankaras. 6. Acoustics. 7. Structure of
> Alankaras. 8. Concert programme; some underlying principles. 9. Musical
> wealth of India. Appendix: Svarajnanam exercises. Questions.
>
> Book. II: 1. Raga. 2. Tala. 3. Musical form. 4. The 35 Alankaras :
> additional Alankaras. 5. Gitas: 1. Jatisvaras. 2. Svarajatis. 6. Acoustics.
> 7. Technical terms. Appendices: 1. Manufacture of musical instruments. 2.
> Varga vadyas. 3. Yazh. 4. Vocal music vs instrumental music. 5. Raga rupa
> sanchari; Huseni raga. Questions.
>
> Book. III: 1. Raga. 2. The 72 Melakartas. 3. Janya Ragas: computation. 4.
> Raga Lakshana. 5. Tala. 6. Musical form. 7. Musical form (cont.). 8. Folk
> music. 9. Musical instruments. 10. Sangita Mela—orchestra. 11. Musical
> compositions (Lakshana gita and Tana varnas). 12. Technical terms. 13.
> Description of Ragas. Appendix: Arohana and Avarohana of ragas. Questions.
> Musical aphorism. Sutra Gitas. Model appreciation essays. Analytical and
> synthetic portrayal of Ragas.
>
> Book. IV: 1. Monodharma sangita. 2. Pallavi. 3. Svara kalpana. 4. Raga
> classification in ancient music. 5. 22 Srutis. 6. Gamakas. 7. Tala. 8.
> Musical form. 9. Obsolete forms. 10. Style in music and musical
> compositions. 11. Contemporary music. 12. Contemporary composers. 13. The
> influences of exotic music on the development of South Indian music. 14.
> Prosody. 15. Kachcheri dharma. 16. Comparative music. 17. Raga lakshana.
> Appendix: Ragamalika March. Questions. Passages for sight singing and Raga
> identification. Test Pallavis.
>
> Book. V: 1. Music and mathematics. 2. Early experiments in music. 3.
> Survival of the useful and the beautiful in the realm of music. 4. Origin
> of scales and ragas. 5. Murchchanakaraka melas. 6. Murchchanakaraka Janya
> ragas. 7. Mela, Mela Paddhati and Mela nomenclature. 8. A new scheme of
> 5184 Melakartas. 9. Musical laws, facts and phenomena known to the Indian
> musicologists of ancient and medieval times. 10. The evolution of finger
> technique in Indian instrumental music. 11. Raga and emotion. 12. Mudras in
> musical compositions. 13. Music and temples. 14. Geographical factors and
> music. 15. Miscellaneous: (i) Plural sahityas for famous tunes and plural
> tunes for famous sahityas. (ii) The influence of music on health. (iii)
> Melodic harmony. (iv). Brinda Gana – its origin and development. (v).
> Strutir mata; laya: pita. 16. Raga Lakshana. Appendices I to V. Questions.
>
> Book. VI: 1. Nomenclatures in Indian music. 2. Musical facts. 3. Facts
> relating to ragas. 4. Music and religion. 5. Indian music and western
> music-some parallel concepts. 6. Vestiges of Indian music in the music of
> the neighbouring countries. 7. Modern institutions for the preservation and
> development of music and dance. 8. Influences of Hindusthani music on
> Karnatic music. 9. Recent advances in the realm of musicology, repertoire,
> musical instruments and research. 10. Kuravanji Natakas. 11. Music of the
> ancient Tamils. 12. Folk music and classical music. 13. Consonance. 14.
> Music in Europe and other countries. 15. Ragas mentioned in ancient and
> medieval works. 16. Ragas mentioned in modern works. 17. Some acoustic
> marvels. 18. Raga Lakshana: a note on svara sancharas in vakra ragas. 19.
> Pallavis. 20. Rain producing music. 21. Mysore as a seat of music. 22.
> Honours bestowed on musicians and dancers in the past and present. 23.
> Music as a factor in promoting world harmony. Appendices: (i) Indian dance.
> (ii) Raga lakshana (cont.).
>
> https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.27103/966.ignca-19284-rb_Part_1/
>
> https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.367446
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> On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 2:16 PM Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> A professional Baroque violinist, not an Indologist and so not on this
>> list, has asked me for introductions to classical Indian musical theory,
>> including the concept of rāga, especially as found in Carnatic music.
>> Both primary texts (in translation) and secondary sources are welcome,
>> and the period corresponding to the Baroque (17th to 18th century) would
>> be of special interest.
>>
>> This question is entirely outside my field of knowledge, and I would
>> appreciate any suggestions from knowledgeable colleagues. If there are
>> particular recordings that might be helpful, and perhaps go with a
>> particular text/book (by design or serendipity), that would be useful too.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help,
>> Martin Gansten
>>
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> --
> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
> Dean, IndicA
> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
> BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
> BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
> Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
Dean, IndicA
BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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