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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 |
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| 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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