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The rāgas of early Indian music : modes, melodies, and musical notations from the Gupta period to c. 1250

Title: The rāgas of early Indian music : modes, melodies, and musical notations from the Gupta period to c. 1250 / Richard Widdess.
Author: Widdess, Richard.
Publication: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995.

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Description

xvii, 429 pages : music; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Oxford monographs on music

Uniform Title

Oxford monographs on music.

Subject

Raga
Music theory > India > 500-1400

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [410]-415) and index.

Contents

1. Evidence for the history of raga to 1250 -- 2. The modes of early Indian music: concepts, functions and organization -- 3. An approach to the study of early Indian music notations -- 4. The Kudumiyamalai Inscription -- 5. The Brhaddesi of Matanga -- 6. The Sarasvatihrdayalamkara of Nanyadeva -- 7. The Sangitaratnakara of Sarngadeva -- 8. Scale, consonance and svara-sadharana -- 9. Raga-laksana: the dynamics of raga -- 10. Alapa: mode, form and improvisation -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Paumacariu notation -- Appendix 2: The Kudumiyamalai Inscription -- Appendix 3: SSR primary gramaraga melodies.

ISBN

0193154641

LCCN

94000074

OCLC

29702392
ocm29702392

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Columbia University Libraries