South Indian Music

Volume I Contents CHAPTER I Introduction 1 CHAPTER II Musicography 31 CHAPTER III Technical Terms 51 CHAPTER IV Vocalises 63 CHAPTER V Sapta Tala Alankaras 86 CHAPTER VI Acoustics 95 CHAPTER VII Structure of Alankaras 98 CHAPTER VIII Concert Programme; Some Underlying Principles 101 CHAPTER IX Musical Wealth of India 108 APPENDIX Svarajnanam Exercises 121 Questions 126 Volume II Contents CHAPTER I Raga 1 CHAPTER II Tala 18 CHAPTER III Musical Form 29 CHAPIER IV The 35 Alankaras 46 Additional Alankaras 60 CHAPTER V Gitas 68 Jatisvaras 86 Svarajatis 92 CHAPTER VI Acoustics 103 CHAPTER VII Technical terms 109 APPENDIX I Manufacture of Musical Instruments 138 APPENDIX II Varga vadyas 154 APPENDIX III Yazh 158 APPENDIX IV Vocal music vs Instrumental music 165 APPENDIX V Raga rupa sanchari Huseni raga 174 Questions 176 Volume III Preface In the seventh edition, the theoreticai portions have been further enlarged. Model Appreciation essays on six kritis of Tyagaraja have been added at the end. Some more technical terms have been explained in Chapter XII. Topics like Analytical and Synthetic portrayal of Ragas in musical compositions and the utility of Sutra gitas are additions to this edition. The book has been carefully revised and brought up-to-date. Contents I. Raga 1 II. The 72 Melakartas 32 III. Janya Ragas : Computation 69 IV. Raga Lakshana 79 V. Ta1a 101 VI. Musical Form 116 VII. Musical Form (cond.) 185 VII. Folk Music 225 IX. Musica1 Instruments 247 X. Sangita Mela- Orchestra 278 XI. Musical Compositions (Lakshana gita and Tan varnas) 288 XII. Technical Terms 308 XIII. Description of Ragas 345 Appendix: Arohana and Avarohana of Ragas 400 Questions 441 Musical Aphorism 445 Sutra Gitas 446 Model Appreciation Essays 447 Analytical and Synthetic portrayal of Ragas 469 Volume IV Contents I Manodharma sangita 1 II Pallavi 20 III Svara kalpana 66 IV Raga classification in Ancient music 79 V 22 Srutis 100 VI Gamakas 133 VII Tala 146 VIII Musical form 185 IX Obsolete forms 229 X Style in Music and Musical Compositions 236 XI Contemporary music 243 XII Contemporary composers 257 XIII The Influences of exotic music on the development of South Indian Music 267 XIV Prosody 283 XV Kachcheri dharma 310 XVI Comparative music 323 XVII Raga lakshana 373 Appendix: Ragamalika March 401 Questions 404 Passages for sight singing and Raga identification. Test Pallavis 411 Volume V Contents I Music and Mathematics 1 II Early Experiments in Music 39 III Survival of the useful and the beautiful in the realm of Music 55 IV Origin of scales and ragas 69 V Murchchanakaraka melas 84 VI Murchchanakaraka Janya ragas 97 VII Mela, Meta Paddhati and Mela Nomenclature 101 VIII A New scheme of 5184 Melakartas 111 IX Musical laws, facts and phenomena known to the Indian Musicologists of ancient and medieval times 134 X The evolution of Finger technique in Indian Instrumental music 145 XI Raga and Emotion 160 XII Mudras in musical compositions 183 XIII Music and Temples 211 XIV Geographical factors and music 232 XV Miscellaneous: Plural sahityas for famous tunes and plural tunes for famous sahityas 247 The influence of Music on Health 255 Melodic harmony 261 Brinda Gana - Its origin and development 265 Srutir mata ; Laya: pita 269 XVI Raga Lakshana 273 Appendices I to V 280 Questions 289 Volume VI Preface This is the Concluding volume in the series of books planned for the; exposition of the Theory of South Indian Music in all its comprehensive aspects. South Indian music can stand on a par with western music in having an intelligent and well-developed system of musicology and which can be studied at the highest levels. Some of the topics dealt with in this book appeared originally as articles contributed by the author to various journals. They have since been amplified and re- written in the light of subsequent researches and presented here. Matter treated of in Chapters V (Indian music and Western Music - some parallels) and Chapter XIV (Music in Europe and other countries) are more of interest from the point of view of Comparative music. Twenty pallavis inclusive of well known pallavis and scholarly pallavis art: given with notation in Chapter XIX. This along with the fifty pallavis given in South Indian music: Book IV brings the total number of pallavis given in notation in this Series to 70. Lakshanas of 28 ragas are given in Chapter XVIII and in Appendix II. This brings the total number of ragas described in the several books of the Author to 134. Contents I Nomenclatures in Indian Music 1 II Musical Facts 9 III Facts relating to Ragas 21 IV Music and: Religion 21 V Indian music and Western music-Some parallel concepts 34 VI Vestiges of Indian music in the Music of the Neighbouring countries 41 VII Modern Institutions for the Preservation and Development of Music and Dance 46 VIII Influences of Hindusthani Music on Karnatic music IX Recent advances in the realm of Musicology. Repertoire, Musical Instruments and Research 55 X Kuravanji Natakas 72 XI Music of the Ancient Tamils 85 XIII Folk music and Classical music 106 XIII Consonance 113 XIV Music in Europe and other Countries 120 XV Ragas mentioned in Ancient and Medieval works 141 XVI Ragas mentioned in Modern Works 179 XVII Some Acoastic Marvels 141 XVIII Raza Lakshana 179 A note on svara sancharas in vakra ragas 187 XIX Pallavis 192 XX Rain producing Music 230 XXI Mysore as a seat or Music 234 XXII Honours bestowed on Musicians and ... 246 Dancers in the Past and Present 253 XXIII Music as a factor in promoting 262 World harmony 275 Appendix I Indian Dance 279 Appendix II Raga lakshana (cont.) 305