February 6, I95ti
^iimatuuiui iiimro
Se Y6D
Sanskrit and in the. pro- us to form an idea of the - . 1050 A. D.) But the Indian
vinoial languages. In addi- concerts of the different solfa syllables sa, ri, ga,
tion, India possesses a periods, the instruments ma, pa. riha, ni, are more
rich variety of musical used, the programmes than three thousand years
instruments belonging to given by performers during old. It is teferred to in
the stringed, wind and these periods inclusive of the Narada Parivrajaka
percussion groups. Except- the ragas, talas and must- Upanisbad.
ing the fixed tone instru- cal forms, the standing or, '1 ho quarter tones iu
ments*like the piano for the sitting plan of the Indian music ars not mere
which she had no use, performers in concerts theoretical postulates,
all other types of instru- and mmy other interesting .They are used in many
ments have been evolved details, i nrieties of coti- ragas I he method of
here. '1 he classification of certs to suit the diflerent deriving scales by the
musical instru-
ments into tala
( ehordopbonic
suahira ( ai ropho-
nic), avanaddha
(membranoplionic
and ghana (auto
phonic) vadyas
mentioned in
Bharata's Natya
sastra (4th cen-
tury B. C) has
now been uui.
versally adopted
India has
produced eminent
musicologists, mu-
sicians and com-
po*ers I he lite-
rature on music
posteF8«"d by
India as spread
over the last three
thousand years and mire tastes of the people and process of modal shift of
is probably one of ti e people belonging to diffe- tonic has been fully avai-
richest in the world. Th'ie rei.t strataot socieLy have led of in India, Many
are many works on mn.-io been developed in India acoustio and musical
and immortal musical India is the first phenomena came to the
compositions written in country in the history of notice of the early musi-
Sanskrit and the provin- world music to devise a cologists in this country,
cial languages of India. system of eolmisation. The Rationality and corn-
References to music cou- European solfa system prehensiveness are the two
tained in the gen«ral lite- dates only from the time features of Indian music,
ature of the country help of Guido D'Arizzo (9!)5- lis musicology iB built on
THE ISRAJ
^iimatuuiui iiimro
Se Y6D
Sanskrit and in the. pro- us to form an idea of the - . 1050 A. D.) But the Indian
vinoial languages. In addi- concerts of the different solfa syllables sa, ri, ga,
tion, India possesses a periods, the instruments ma, pa. riha, ni, are more
rich variety of musical used, the programmes than three thousand years
instruments belonging to given by performers during old. It is teferred to in
the stringed, wind and these periods inclusive of the Narada Parivrajaka
percussion groups. Except- the ragas, talas and must- Upanisbad.
ing the fixed tone instru- cal forms, the standing or, '1 ho quarter tones iu
ments*like the piano for the sitting plan of the Indian music ars not mere
which she had no use, performers in concerts theoretical postulates,
all other types of instru- and mmy other interesting .They are used in many
ments have been evolved details, i nrieties of coti- ragas I he method of
here. '1 he classification of certs to suit the diflerent deriving scales by the
musical instru-
ments into tala
( ehordopbonic
suahira ( ai ropho-
nic), avanaddha
(membranoplionic
and ghana (auto
phonic) vadyas
mentioned in
Bharata's Natya
sastra (4th cen-
tury B. C) has
now been uui.
versally adopted
India has
produced eminent
musicologists, mu-
sicians and com-
po*ers I he lite-
rature on music
posteF8«"d by
India as spread
over the last three
thousand years and mire tastes of the people and process of modal shift of
is probably one of ti e people belonging to diffe- tonic has been fully avai-
richest in the world. Th'ie rei.t strataot socieLy have led of in India, Many
are many works on mn.-io been developed in India acoustio and musical
and immortal musical India is the first phenomena came to the
compositions written in country in the history of notice of the early musi-
Sanskrit and the provin- world music to devise a cologists in this country,
cial languages of India. system of eolmisation. The Rationality and corn-
References to music cou- European solfa system prehensiveness are the two
tained in the gen«ral lite- dates only from the time features of Indian music,
ature of the country help of Guido D'Arizzo (9!)5- lis musicology iB built on
THE ISRAJ