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The rāgas of early Indian music : modes, melodies, and musical notations from the Gupta period to c. 1250

Author: Richard Widdess
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1995.
Series: Oxford monographs on music.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Widdess, Richard.
Rāgas of early Indian music.
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1995
(OCoLC)636496795
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard Widdess
ISBN: 0193154641 9780193154643
OCLC Number: 29702392
Description: xvii, 429 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: 1. Evidence for the history of raga to 1250 --
2. The modes of early Indian music: concepts, functions and organization --
3. An approach to the study of early Indian music notations --
4. The Kudumiyamalai Inscription --
5. The Brhaddesi of Matanga --
6. The Sarasvatihrdayalamkara of Nanyadeva --
7. The Sangitaratnakara of Sarngadeva --
8. Scale, consonance and svara-sadharana --
9. Raga-laksana: the dynamics of raga --
10. Alapa: mode, form and improvisation --
11. Conclusion --
Appendix 1: The Paumacariu notation --
Appendix 2: The Kudumiyamalai Inscription --
Appendix 3: SSR primary gramaraga melodies.
Series Title: Oxford monographs on music.
Responsibility: Richard Widdess.

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