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Author : Vasanthy Krishna Rao
Release : 2006
Genre : Carnatic music
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Book Synopsis Indian Music and Swati Tirunal by : Vasanthy Krishna Rao
Download or read book Indian Music and Swati Tirunal written by Vasanthy Krishna Rao. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contribution of Svātitirunāḷ, 1813-1846, Maharaja of Travancore and exponent of Carnatic music to Indian classical music.
Author : Nallan C Mohan
Release : 2022-08-02
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis Sri Swathi Tirunal’s Navaratri Kritis by : Nallan C Mohan
Download or read book Sri Swathi Tirunal’s Navaratri Kritis written by Nallan C Mohan. This book was released on 2022-08-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Swathi Tirunal’s Navaratri Kritis is a unique book exclusively prepared for students and lovers of Carnatic music who like to learn the Navaratri Kritis in detail. The notations made by the author are easy to understand. In one of the quartets of Carnatic music, Swathi Tirunal composed 472 Kritis. Many of his compositions are yet to be explored. He was the only composer who could compose in multiple languages like Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. He also invented many new ragas like Saranganatta, Lalita Panchamam, Mohana Kalyani Dvijavanti and Gopika Vasantam. He was the only South Indian Vagyekara who composed Bhajans, Drupad, Khyaal, Tappa and Tillanas. Harikatha was introduced by Swathi Tirunal. He also used Abhangas, Dinders and Chhands, which are in Marathi song formats. Swathi Tirunal was very sincerely devoted to Padmanabha Swami and Saraswathi Devi. The phrase ‘Padmanabha Sahodari’ was his Mudhra Charanam. The Nine Gems of his Navaratri Kritis were among his best-known compositions, and he ensured that they are sung on all nine days of Navaratri. He introduced the ritual of bringing Saraswathi Devi’s idol from Padmanabhapuram to Travancore, accompanied by the idols of Lord Karthikeya and Goddess Munnotty Nanga. The lyrics of the nine Navaratri Kritis with meanings of the songs are exhibited brilliantly. This book offers you a glimpse of the life and history of Maharaja Swathi Tirunal and the stories of people who made a profound impact on the young king in his very short life. The wonderful paintings on the incidents of Swathi Tirunal’s life and the collection of photographs are the special attractions of the book.
Author : Deepti Omchery Bhalla
Release : 1990
Genre : Arts
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Book Synopsis Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts by : Deepti Omchery Bhalla
Download or read book Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts written by Deepti Omchery Bhalla. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amanda J. Weidman
Release : 2006-07-18
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern by : Amanda J. Weidman
Download or read book Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern written by Amanda J. Weidman. This book was released on 2006-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Karnatic music, a form of Indian music based on the melodic principle of raga and time cycles called tala, is known today as South India’s classical music, its status as “classical” is an early-twentieth-century construct, one that emerged in the crucible of colonial modernity, nationalist ideology, and South Indian regional politics. As Amanda J. Weidman demonstrates, in order for Karnatic music to be considered classical music, it needed to be modeled on Western classical music, with its system of notation, composers, compositions, conservatories, and concerts. At the same time, it needed to remain distinctively Indian. Weidman argues that these contradictory imperatives led to the emergence of a particular “politics of voice,” in which the voice came to stand for authenticity and Indianness. Combining ethnographic observation derived from her experience as a student and performer of South Indian music with close readings of archival materials, Weidman traces the emergence of this politics of voice through compelling analyses of the relationship between vocal sound and instrumental imitation, conventions of performance and staging, the status of women as performers, debates about language and music, and the relationship between oral tradition and technologies of printing and sound reproduction. Through her sustained exploration of the way “voice” is elaborated as a trope of modern subjectivity, national identity, and cultural authenticity, Weidman provides a model for thinking about the voice in anthropological and historical terms. In so doing, she shows that modernity is characterized as much by particular ideas about orality, aurality, and the voice as it is by regimes of visuality.
Author : Deepti Omchery Bhalla
Release : 1998
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Immortals of Indian Music by : Deepti Omchery Bhalla
Download or read book The Immortals of Indian Music written by Deepti Omchery Bhalla. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book highlights the inter-relationship among acculturation, communication and development in the context of the Mishings, an important and major tribe of Assam. An indepth study that gives a vivid picture of the socio-cultural changes in the Mishing tribe and analyses the forces and factors involved in the process. This is a rare book that will be a valuable addition to the existing literature on the sociology and ethnography of north-east India.
