The Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music (review)

Notes ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Gordon Ross Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Classical Music ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian Classical Music

Drumming, Language, and the Voice in South Asia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard K. Wolf
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Concert Music ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Indian ◽  
History Of ◽  
Indian Classical Music

This book explores drumming and other instrumental traditions that are interconnected over vast regions of South and West Asia. The traditions considered here qualify broadly as functional music rather than concert music and include the public instrumental music of weddings, funerals, and religious holidays. The book examines patterns that pervade functional music of South Asia and to some extent North and South Indian classical music and how performed texts are related to their verbal or vocal models. It also considers what it means in particular contexts for musical instruments to be voicelike and carry textual messages. This chapter discusses the broad historical context in which voices and instruments have been co-constructed in the history of the Indian subcontinent and regions west. Many examples from South India are included to help create a picture that transcends the bounds of Muharram Ali's travels.

scholarly journals A STUDY OF MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR’S EXPERTISE ON VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF MUSICOLOGY REFLECTED THROUGH HIS COMPOSITIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Utpala Karanth ◽  
Dr. R Rangan
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
The South ◽  
Sufficient Knowledge ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian Classical Music ◽  
Indian Music ◽  
Ancient Texts

Musicology is the study of scientific and intellectually handling of music. This is a colossal subject of music and inquest into the History and phenomenon of music including; life and works of Composers and performers, music theory like melody, rhythm, harmony, modes, aesthetics, form etc. The Historical evidences of Indian Classical music have been discussed in several ancient texts like Veda’s, Upanishads, epics way back 2000 years ago. The Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda contains ritual hymns and incantations (vedic chants) , praising the specific dieties during the Sacrificial rituals. The South Indian music has a phlegmatic and pedagogic nature when compared with the music of other unconsecrated Hindustani traditions. This paper highlights the proficiency of Dikshitar’s knowledge of Musicology bequeathed from his father Ramaswami Dikshitar, a scholar, musician, learned musicologist, and recipient of many honours and emoluments in the knowledge of music gained sufficient knowledge in musicology who had settled down at Tiruvarur where Dikshitar was born. Tiruvarur then was a seat of learning of Sanskrit and Vedanta. Dikshitar’s compositions reflect his deep and thorough knowledge widely through the interpretation of their literature as seen in famous compositions like ‘Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje’, ‘Amrutavarshini’ and others will be discussed with the various rasas created through the ragas as enunciated in the Natyashastra of Bharat Muni.

The language of South Indian classical music

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Somangshu Mukherji
Keyword(s):  
Classical Music ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian Classical Music

Various acoustical aspects of an Asian (South) Indian classical music concert

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 3237-3237
Author(s):  
M. G. Prasad ◽  
V. K. Raman ◽  
Rama Jagadishan
Keyword(s):  
Classical Music ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian Classical Music
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