A History of Indian Music

SWAMI PRAJNANANANDA; President, Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Calcutta; and President, Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashramas, Darjeeling, Kurseong & Siliguri; born in 1907, at Prosadpur, Hooghly Dist. (West Bengal); monk of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; Educated: Calcutta University; initiated in `Sannyasa' by Swami Abhedananda, a direct disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna in 1932; Awards: Sisir Memorial Prize for the research book Sangeet 0 Sanskriti (Bengali) 1958, Rabindra Memorial Prize for his book Historical Development of Indian Music (1960); D. Mus. by Education Circle, Jhankar, Calcutta, 1950 ; D. Litt. by Rabindra Bharati University, 1970; Sarojini Gold Medal by Calcutta University, 1972; Fellow, Sangeet Natak Academy, since 1963; Publications: Bha ratiya Sangeeter Itihas, Raga-O-Rupa, Bangla Dhrupadaina la , Sangeete Rabindra Prathibhar Dan, Abhedananda Darshana, Tirtharenu, Pada bali-Kirtaner Itiha s, Na tyasangeeter Rupa yan, Mantrasadhana -0-Sangeet, Mahishasurmardinee Durga, Mana-O-Manush, Va ni-O-Vicha r, A History of Indian Music, Historical Study of Indian Music, Music of the Nations, Philosophy of Progress and Peifection, Schools of Indian Philosiphical Thoughts, Philosophical Ideas of Swami Abhedananda, Christ the Saviour and Christ Myth, Thoughts on Yoga Upanishad and Gita, An Enquiry into Psychology Soul and Absolute, Historical Development of Indian Music, Sangita-sarasamgraha, Music: Its Form Function and Value, Music of the South Asian Peoples, Cultural Heritage of Indian Fine Arts, The Form and Function of Music in Ancient India, The Social and Historical values of Ragas and Raginis, Edited: The Complete Works of Swami Abhedananda (in 10 Volumes), and The Works of Swami Abhedananda .

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