Author: Rajeev Nair
Publisher: Indialog Publications
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 402
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8184430078
Description
Meant for intelligent listeners who want to go on a journey exploring and enjoying the joys of North Indian Classical Music, the book provides details of not only the basic concept vital to North Indian Classical Music like its major forms, the concept of Gharana and their dominant features, the aesthetics of the raagas and its centrality to the system but also about the details of the lives, creative approaches and musical styles adopted by vocal and instrumental maestros of the 20th century.
Contents
Major Forms of Hindustani Vocal Music
Major Gharanas of Hindustani Vocal Music
the Raaga in Hindustani Music
An Introduction to Great Musicians : Singers
Instruments and Instrumentalists : An Introduction
Glossary
Bibliography