The Rags of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution (With CD)

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Why does Indian music have its present form? How can we understand and interpret its distinctive features? An aura of mystery has always surrounded the theory and practice of Indian music and now, with its influence ever strengthening in the West, a study as lucid and penetrating as that made by Professor Jairazbhoy is of special significance.

The subject of this book is the Rags, and the whole tonal and scalar basis of north Indian music. The important features of the idiom are considered in detail- the structure of melody, the effect of the drone, ornamentation and intonation, the function of accidentals and so on. These are related to a brilliant and well- documented survey of the evolutionary processes that have shaped the Rags of today. With many cross references between Eastern and Western music traditions. The author shows how north Indian music is a dynamic, and not a static, system, and the principles that emerge from his fascinating discussion cannot fail to illuminate the idiom for both theoretician and listener. Those approaching Indian music for the first time will find the concise explanation of musical theory and its historical background a model of clarity. Specialists in the field will find here many original contributions to ethnomusicology in general.

This brand new edition contains an essay entitled ‘What Happened to Indian Music Theory? Indo—Occidentalism?’ published in 2008 in Ethnomusicology the journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology. An audio CD illustrative of the practice of North Indian music Free with this book! It has sitar by Vilayat Khan and Sarangi by Umrao Khan.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy

Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (1927-2009) was the former President of the Society for Ethnomusicology and founder of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE) of the American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi. He was internationally recognized as a leading expert on Indian music and culture, as well as fieldwork methodology, archiving, organology, ethic, and technology. He retired as Emeritus Professor from the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California (UCLA), which awarded him recognition for nearly twenty years of distinguished service.His publications number over one hundred, and include articles as well as audio and video productions concerning both classical and folk music of India, some cast in a fictional vein. 

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Title
The Rags of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution (With CD)
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Edition
2nd ed.
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ISBN
9788171543953
Length
xiii+248p., Illustrations; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.
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