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In this book, the author provides a detailed study of Tyagaraja’s Divyanama-Keertanas. Fifty one of these Keertanas are presented in a manner that will allow a singer to truly appreciate the passion and the grandeur of the compositions. For each Keertanas, the text in Sanskrit is presented with the notations by the side, followed by the text and translation in Tamil and English. This book is bound to become a cherished possession of ...
This collection of lecture demonstrations presented by Smt. Vidya Shankar, voer a span of fity years (1947-1996) at the Annual Conference morning sessions of the Madras Music Academy, is a valuable documentation. This book will be a boon to serious students of Carnatic Music, their teachers and other exponents. These well prepared, well researched lucid presentations are sprinkled with practical examples, effectively demonstrated.
This book explains the art of music from the aesthetic point of view, and at the same time takes the reader, step by step, to an understanding of music as a science. It is a critical interpretation as well as an appreciation of the Carnatic traditions in Music. The book comprises a series of lectures which the author delivered to a group of scientists and music lovers at the Kalpakkam Atomic Energy Centre and in other institutions. She has succeeded in guiding ...