Indian Music: The Magic of the Raga

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The book gives exposition to the wide and varied concept of the Ragas, which are timeless, without history and chronicle and relate to nothing beyond the moment. This is why most of the books on Indian music are of very little use to any beginner trying to learn music and why so many people feel that music is beyond understanding. And still music is being sung and appreciated. The book gives the reader a few facts on Indian music and tries to convey the wonder of one of the most demanding and fulfilling of human endeavours. What the book will certainly try to achieve is to turn the readers’ eyes (and ears) to the direction and the source from which the true enjoyment and meaning of the fantastic heritage of Raga music emerges. The author believes that if some of its magic comes off from these pages to the reader, then perhaps the reader will look at the music once again a little more closely. He maintains that the best training method for giving the swara to a student has been the time-honoured guru-shishya parampara system. This tradition is the only method of teaching music and is not a product of the social or economic predicament of a given period of history.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Raghava R. Menon

Raghava R. Menon studied music in the Guru-Shishya tradition under Pandit V.A. Kashalkar, one of the oldest students of Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. For many years he worked as a public relations executive and was subsequently associated with the University of the State of New York. He has also been a visiting professor at several European universities. Mr. Menon has written and published numerous book-reviews, short stories and articles on music in several newspapers and magazines both in India and abroad. He has also published several books on music including Discovering Indian Music, A Journey into Raga (which has been translated into German, French and Russian), The Pilgrim of the Swara, a biography of the singer K.L. Saigal and Indian Classical Music: An Initiation. Presently he is a music critic for Indian music in the Times of India and for Western music in the Hindustan Times.

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Title
Indian Music: The Magic of the Raga
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8170392292
Length
xii+102p., Plates; Index; 22cm.
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