Hindustani Music Today

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Stating that Hindustani music should be rightly termed “Art music” and not “classical music”, the book begins by discussing the features of Art music and presents an approach to appreciating Hindustani music. It provides a detailed understanding of the components of the raga experience in Hindustani music, including their time theory and the role of Gharanas of the musical tradition.

It deals with genres of raga-based vocal music which have been performed over the last five centuries: Dhrupad, which has its moorings in devotional music; Khayal vocalism shaped by Sufi influences; the thumree, which originated as an accompaniment to the Kathak dance; and the tappa, adapted from the songs of camel drivers in the north-west frontier. It takes up the use of instruments in Hindustani music, especially the Rudra Veena, Sitar, Surbahar, Sarod, Santoor, the Shehnai, Pakhawaj, the Hawaiian Guitar and many others, giving an account of their origin, performing styles and lineages relating to them.

Throughout, the emphasis is on contemporary trends in Hindustani music and its prospects in the future. It mentions the significant practitioners of Hindustani music, both vocal and instrumental.

The volume will interest lovers of Indian music and also scholars who want to have a greater understanding of its traditions, its contemporary appeal and trends in practice.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deepak S Raja

Deepak Raja (Born: 1948) is amongst the finest contemporary writers on Hindustani music. He is a Repertoire Analyst for India Archive Music Ltd., New York, the most influential producer of Hindustani music outside India. He is also a columnist for Sruti, the performing arts monthly, and frequently contributes papers to seminars and journals of the ITC-Sangeet Research Academy, Sangeet Natak Akademi, and the Indian Musicological Society. The author is a sitar and surbahar player of the Imdad Khan/Etawah gharana, trained for over forty years by two of its stalwarts, Shri Pulin Deb Burman, and Pandit Arvind Parikh. He studies Khayal under Pandi Dhondutai Kulkarni of the Jaipur-Afrauli gharana. As a performer, he is respected for the soundness of his approach to music, and his command over the instruments. Deepak Raja took a BA Honours degree from Delhi University, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and studied advertising at the Watford College of Technology in the UK. For over thirty years, he has been a prolific writer on media, marketing, finance, as well as music, and has occupied senior positions in the media industry, including the Editorship of Business India. While being well versed in the traditional concepts of Indian musicology, he brings to the subject a fresh perspective using the conceptual tools and analytical methods cultivated by his careers in media research, business journalism and financial consultancy.

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Title
Hindustani Music Today
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8124606161, 9788124606162
Length
xii+138p., B/w Photographs; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.
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