South Indian Music : Book 5/

Sambamoorthy, P.

South Indian Music : Book 5/ - Chennai : The Indian Music Publishing House, 2019. - 291p. : ill. ;

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.6 Volume Book.

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



Table of Contents


Carnatic music.
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