Indian Music & Dance Varied Dimensions

About the Book Usually books on Indian Music and Dance that are written in India are most technical in nature and are, therefore, difficult for lay people to follow. As such this volume of compilation which is the third volume in the series, again. provide the general reader as well as lovers of music valuable and interesting information on the subject. The articles in this book represents a compilation of a wide range of articles on music by various authorities in the subject, like Dr. Swami Prajnanananda, Dr. B.C. Deva, Sri T.S.Parthasarathi, Dr. V. Raghavan, Prof. Sambamoorthi, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayana, Sri M.K.K. Nair, Prof. R. Srinivasan, Dr. B.L. Sarma, Sri Jayadeva Singh etc. The articles present a cogent picture of the various facets of Indian Music and Dance.

About the Authors Prof. Gowri Kuppuswamy (Retired Prof. and Head of the Music department at the College of Fine Arts, University of Mysore) is a well known and seasoned Performing Artiste and have performed more than 6000 Music Concerts and has trained more than 300 students in Classical Music Tradition. She has served as Faculty at the Mysore University for more than three decades. She has guided and supervised more than 10 Ph.D candidates at various Universities in South India. She has written and edited more than 40 books and 50 Research Publications published in Journals in India and Abroad, on various aspects of Indian Music. She has been honoured with several Titles and Awards by accredited Associations all over India including the prestigious Music Academy in 1972. The Prestigious Gayan Samaj, Bangalore honored her with the Sangita Kalaratna title and award in Nov 2012. Currently she is working on two new projects on compositions of Purandaradasa and Mysore Vasudevachar.

Dr. M.Hariharan M. Mus., M.Ed., Ph.D., Ph.D (Hon.) USA, is the former Principal of RAAK Arts and Science College and Special officer, Dept. of Art & Culture, Government of Pondicherry. He is an accredited authority on Indian Music Therapy and Sound healing and travels worldwide. He has given more than 600 workshops and lectures in several Universities in U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, UK, Norway, Netherlands, Spain and many other European countries for conducting Music Therapy Workshops, Lectures and Healing Concerts. Along with Prof. Gowri Kuppuswamy (his mother and mentor) he has jointly authored more than 40 books and 50 Research Publications published in Journals in India and Abroad. on various aspects of Indian Music. He was awarded the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award for Music and the Fellowship of Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy for Musicology. Dr. Hariharan has composed and published more than 30 Audio CD's/DVD's on various aspects of Indian Music Therapy for curing Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Depression, stress, Anxiety, Cancer, Body weight. Pain, Nervous Disorder, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss etc.

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