South Indian Music (Set of 6 Volumes)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAL412 |
| Author: | P. Sambamoorthy |
| Publisher: | THE KARNATIC MUSIC BOOK CENTRE |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2019 |
| Pages: | 1849 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 7.0 inch x 4.5 inch |
| Weight | 1.50 kg |
Book Description
Volume I
Contents
| CHAPTER I | Introduction | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | Musicography | 31 |
| CHAPTER III | Technical Terms | 51 |
| CHAPTER IV | Vocalises | 63 |
| CHAPTER V | Sapta Tala Alankaras | 86 |
| CHAPTER VI | Acoustics | 95 |
| CHAPTER VII | Structure of Alankaras | 98 |
| CHAPTER VIII | Concert Programme; Some Underlying Principles | 101 |
| CHAPTER IX | Musical Wealth of India | 108 |
| APPENDIX | Svarajnanam Exercises | 121 |
| Questions | 126 |
Volume II
Contents
| CHAPTER I | Raga | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | Tala | 18 |
| CHAPTER III | Musical Form | 29 |
| CHAPIER IV | The 35 Alankaras | 46 |
| | Additional Alankaras | 60 |
| CHAPTER V | Gitas | 68 |
| | Jatisvaras | 86 |
| | Svarajatis | 92 |
| CHAPTER VI | Acoustics | 103 |
| CHAPTER VII | Technical terms | 109 |
| APPENDIX I | Manufacture of Musical Instruments | 138 |
| APPENDIX II | Varga vadyas | 154 |
| APPENDIX III | Yazh | 158 |
| APPENDIX IV | Vocal music vs Instrumental music | 165 |
| APPENDIX V | Raga rupa sanchari Huseni raga | 174 |
| | Questions | 176 |
Volume III
Preface
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.
Contents
| I. | Raga | 1 |
| II. | The 72 Melakartas | 32 |
| III. | Janya Ragas : Computation | 69 |
| IV. | Raga Lakshana | 79 |
| V. | Ta1a | 101 |
| VI. | Musical Form | 116 |
| VII. | Musical Form (cond.) | 185 |
| VII. | Folk Music | 225 |
| IX. | Musica1 Instruments | 247 |
| X. | Sangita Mela- Orchestra | 278 |
| XI. | Musical Compositions (Lakshana gita and Tan varnas) | 288 |
| XII. | Technical Terms | 308 |
| XIII. | Description of Ragas | 345 |
| | Appendix: | |
| | Arohana and Avarohana of Ragas | 400 |
| | Questions | 441 |
| | Musical Aphorism | 445 |
| | Sutra Gitas | 446 |
| | Model Appreciation Essays | 447 |
| | Analytical and Synthetic portrayal of Ragas | 469 |
Volume IV
Contents
| I | Manodharma sangita | 1 |
| II | Pallavi | 20 |
| III | Svara kalpana | 66 |
| IV | Raga classification in Ancient music | 79 |
| V | 22 Srutis | 100 |
| VI | Gamakas | 133 |
| VII | Tala | 146 |
| VIII | Musical form | 185 |
| IX | Obsolete forms | 229 |
| X | Style in Music and Musical Compositions | 236 |
| XI | Contemporary music | 243 |
| XII | Contemporary composers | 257 |
| XIII | The Influences of exotic music on the | |
| development of South Indian Music | 267 | |
| XIV | Prosody | 283 |
| XV | Kachcheri dharma | 310 |
| XVI | Comparative music | 323 |
| XVII | Raga lakshana | 373 |
| Appendix: Ragamalika March | 401 | |
| Questions | 404 | |
| Passages for sight singing and Raga | ||
| identification. Test Pallavis | 411 |
Volume V
Contents
| 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 |
Volume VI
Preface
This is the Concluding volume in the series of books planned for the; exposition of the Theory of South Indian Music in all its comprehensive aspects. South Indian music can stand on a par with western music in having an intelligent and well-developed system of musicology and which can be studied at the highest levels. Some of the topics dealt with in this book appeared originally as articles contributed by the author to various journals. They have since been amplified and re- written in the light of subsequent researches and presented here.
Matter treated of in Chapters V (Indian music and Western Music - some parallels) and Chapter XIV (Music in Europe and other countries) are more of interest from the point of view of Comparative music.
Twenty pallavis inclusive of well known pallavis and scholarly pallavis art: given with notation in Chapter XIX. This along with the fifty pallavis given in South Indian music: Book IV brings the total number of pallavis given in notation in this Series to 70. Lakshanas of 28 ragas are given in Chapter XVIII and in Appendix II. This brings the total number of ragas described in the several books of the Author to 134.
Contents
| I | Nomenclatures in Indian Music | 1 |
| II | Musical Facts | 9 |
| III | Facts relating to Ragas | 21 |
| IV | Music and: Religion | 21 |
| V | Indian music and Western music-Some parallel concepts | 34 |
| VI | Vestiges of Indian music in the Music of the Neighbouring countries | 41 |
| VII | Modern Institutions for the Preservation and Development of Music and Dance | 46 |
| VIII | Influences of Hindusthani Music on Karnatic music | |
| IX | Recent advances in the realm of Musicology. Repertoire, Musical Instruments and Research | 55 |
| X | Kuravanji Natakas | 72 |
| XI | Music of the Ancient Tamils | 85 |
| XIII | Folk music and Classical music | 106 |
| XIII | Consonance | 113 |
| XIV | Music in Europe and other Countries | 120 |
| XV | Ragas mentioned in Ancient and Medieval works | 141 |
| XVI | Ragas mentioned in Modern Works | 179 |
| XVII | Some Acoastic Marvels | 141 |
| XVIII | Raza Lakshana | 179 |
| A note on svara sancharas in vakra ragas | 187 | |
| XIX | Pallavis | 192 |
| XX | Rain producing Music | 230 |
| XXI | Mysore as a seat or Music | 234 |
| XXII | Honours bestowed on Musicians and ... | 246 |
| Dancers in the Past and Present | 253 | |
| XXIII | Music as a factor in promoting | 262 |
| World harmony | 275 | |
| Appendix I | Indian Dance | 279 |
| Appendix II | Raga lakshana (cont.) | 305 |





























