Hindustani Ragas - The Concept of Time and Season

Contents Foreword vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii I. Introduction 1 II. The Development of the Time Theory in Traditional Hindustani Performance Parctice 7 Prehistoric or Vedic Period 7 Early Historic period 10 Medieval Period 12 Mughal Period 12 British Period 17 Contemporary India 18 III. Classification of Ragas according to Day, Night and Season 21 Ancient and Medieval Classifications of Raga Time Theory 21 Contemporary Theories of Raga Time Concept 30 Ragas Based on Time 37 Three Classifications of the Ragas 39 Ragas of Day and Night-A Comparison 45 Raga and Rasa Relationship 52 The Seasonal Ragas 55 IV. Involvement of Vadi and Samvadi in the Grouping of Different Ragas 59 V. The Time Theory in Contemporary Hindustani Music 63 The Incursion of Institutional Educational Practices in Classical Hindustani Music 63 The Impact of the Radio and the Television on Classical Hindustani Music 65 The Fusion of Hindustani Raga Time Theory and the Western World 66 Mandala of Healing Ragas-Part of Cosmic Energy 69 VI. Summary and Conclusion 71 Summary 71 Conclusion 72 Bibliography 75 Index 77