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

by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (Author) "The tradition of scholarship in North Indian classical music has continued unabated since this book was first published in 1971; nevertheless, there has been very..." (more)
Key Phrases: heptatonic series, conjunct balance, transilient scales, North Indian, Vilayat Khan, South Indian (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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As a thoughtful, honest and sensitive view of one man about his music, it carries an undeniable authority. - Judith Becker --Journal of ASian Studies

Jairazbhoy leads the reader painstakingly and painlessly through the maze of inconsistencies and contradictions of traditional theory ... -- Journal of Asian Studies, Judith Becker

Professor Jairazbhoy has combined his native insights into North Indian music with his training in Western scholarship... -- Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music. Charles Capwell. 1973 (4:2)

Professor Jairazbhoy has combined his native insights into North Indian music with his training in Western scholarship to produce a very lucid and informative account of his title's subject. His experience in teaching students of Indian music who are often ignorant of the basics when they begin has helped him write in such a way that the book may be used profitably by both the novice and the initiate.... - Charles Capwell. --Asian Music 4:2(1973)

The time has come now to reinterpret and re-evaluate the structure of Indian music, as traditionally conceived. -- National Centre for the Performing Arts Quarterly Journal, Jitendra Abhishekhi. 1972 (1:1, September)

This book is a classic and I cannot recommend it too highly. - Reginald Massey --Making Music, autumn 1971

Product Description
This book explores important features of Indian classical modes: the structure of melody, the effect of the drone, ornamentation and intonation, the function of accidentals and the perception of symmetries. These are related to a well-documented survey of the evolutionary processes that hae shaped the rags of today. In this new edition, an "Introduction to Technical Terms" has been added for the benefit of those not so familiar with a theorietical approach to North Indian music. A CD by Ustad Vilayat Khan illustrating the book is also available from the publishers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 222 pages
• Publisher: Popular Prakashan, Bombay; 2 edition (May 3, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8171543952
• ISBN-13: 978-8171543953
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
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