Hindustani Ragas: The Concept of Time and Season

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The book throws light on the most distinguishing features of Hindustani Music System dealing with Time Theory Concept or practice of assigning stated time of the day or night or any season prescribed for singing/playing a particular Raga. This concept according to ethnomusicological aspect is only found in Hindustani music among the world music cultures. This practice has existed in India from time immemorial. Our Sanskrit scholars have uniformly stuck to this practice. Our music passed through numerous transformations during the last several centuries, but time Theory Practice has been scrupulously maintained. Our current music has outgrown the old Shastras, but still we find clear tendency to stick to Time Theory. This seems to be a most indigenous and mysterious concept. Although good amount of papers and chapters have been written on the aspect of time-theory, but this book deals in detail with the psychological and philosophical concept of Hindustani Ragas from the very beginning.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vijay Bazaz Razdan

Mrs. Vijay Bazaz Razdan born in Srinagar, Kashmir has completed her M.A. Degree in Hindustani classical music from M.S. University of Baroda with a gold medal. She was trained in Violin, Sitar and Vocal. Vijay also completed her M.A. degree in Ethnomusicology with distinction from the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. She has many stage performances to her credit. She has received several awards in music. Vijay is the daughter of well-known author, scholar, journalist and freedom fighter of Kashmir Pt. Prem Nath Bazaz and secular-minded Smt. Badri Bazaz. Vijay Bazaz Razdan is presently busy in writing on Santoor, Sufiana and Sufism, and Film Music of India (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow). She is a research scholar with American Institute of Indian Studies, which has Archive and Research Center for Ethnomusicology at Gurgaon (Haryana).