Overview
The extensive introduction will familiarize the reader with the characteristic Indian concepts of music and the problems of their interpretation.
The Sangītaśiromani, “Crest-jewel of Music”, is a major Sanskrit work on Indian musicology, composed in 1428 a.d. by scholars from all parts of India who participated in a musicological congress organized by Sultan Malika Sāhi at Kada (near Allahabad). Designed as a standard text-book on music the work summarizes and explains the opinions of older and contemporary authors. It deals with all the aspects of traditional Indian musicology, such as tone-system, scale, melody, rhythm, composition, variation and vocal technique.
- | Author: Emmie te Nijenhuis
- | Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2025
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9789360803889
- | ISBN-10: 936080388X