India music

Illustrated with over 80 drawings, the book is introduces to lay readers the basic concepts of India music to aid a fuller appreciation. Raga, its melodic base, is examined first, with scales and figures employed were necessary. Chapters on Tone and rythm follow. The many forms of composition - khey...

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Hoofdauteur: B Chaitanya Deva
Formaat: Boek
Taal:Undetermined
Gepubliceerd in: New Delhi, India Wiley Western 1995
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Samenvatting:Illustrated with over 80 drawings, the book is introduces to lay readers the basic concepts of India music to aid a fuller appreciation. Raga, its melodic base, is examined first, with scales and figures employed were necessary. Chapters on Tone and rythm follow. The many forms of composition - kheyal, thumri, kriti - are explained historically, and the lives of the masters briefly touched upon. Also discussed is the folk base of classical music - particularly the devotional forms that abound. Folk concert instruments of a wide range are described, and their canons of classification expounded