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Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt |
The Harmonium Handbook |
$10.99 $6.59 |
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| The story behind the modern version of the harmonium is a fascinating testimony to the love, skill, innovation, and interminingling of may of the world's great cultures.This book provides detailed instruction on how to play, maintain, and repair this popular devotional instrument. It also reveals the colorful history of free-reed instruments (such as the harmonium), which dates back to the time of Marco Polo. |
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Arun Apte |
Music And Sahaja Yoga |
$31.95 $19.17 |
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| "Indian music is considered sublime and has a very vast and rich
tradition. Whilst music is bliss, Sahaj music is divine bliss.
This book is useful for the student and lover of Indian music who is familiar with the English language.
In the music section, the theory of Music, its historical survey, various styles, Naad, Shruti, Swar, Ragas, Rules of Ragas, Music and Ras, Taal-Matra are explained in a very humourous and anecdotal style.
The second part explains beautifully the... |
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Guy L. Beck |
Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound |
$30.99 $18.59 |
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| The Hindu world is permeated by sound: drums, bells, gongs, cymbals,
conches, flutes, and an array of vocalizations play a central role in worship.
Guy Beck contends that the traditional Western focus on Hinduism's visual
component has often been at the expense of the religion's most important
feature—its emphasis on sound. In his new study Beck addresses this longstanding
imbalance, contending that Hinduism is essentially a sonic theology.
Beck argues that sound participates at... |
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Paramahansa Yogananda |
Words of Cosmic Chants in English and Hindi |
$4.95 $2.97 |
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| Chant traditions from many cultures are being recognized today not only for their intrinsic beauty but also for their spiritual power.
Sri Yogananda, a pioneer in introducing India's art of devotional chanting to the West, explains how it helps to quiet and focus the mind in preparation for meditation. This book contains words and music to more than 50 of his original chants.
About the Author:
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952), hailed as The Father of Yoga in the West, is... |
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R. Satyanarayana |
Caturdandiprakasika of Venkatamakhin (2 volumes) |
$149.95 $89.97 |
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| Caturdandiprakasika (c. 1650 A.D.) of Venkatamakhin is a fundamental treatise of Karnataka music and marks the rearguard in the renaissance of Indian music. It has launched a crucial, conceptual revolution which has metamorphosed this musical system into an enduring the attractive paddhati. Caturdandiprakasika is written in ten chapters: Vina, Sruti, Svara, Mela, Raga, Alapa, Thaya, Gita Prabandha and Tala. The first volume consists of the critically edited Text, English Translation,... |
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Dr. M. Lalitha |
Violin Techniques in Western and South Indian Classical Music |
$75.49 $45.29 |
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| "The first of its kind, the book is an encyclopedia on the different techniques in violin playing. As its title suggests, it deals with the different violin playing techniques in both the systems-the Western and the South Indian Classical Music. There are many books which study the different techniques of violin playing in Western music whereas in the South Indian system there is no comprehensive identification and enumeration of the various techniques in use.
This book explores and outlines... |
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R. Sathyanarayana |
Karnataka Music As Aesthetic Form |
$14.95 $8.97 |
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| 'Karnataka Music As Aesthelic Form' is probably the first serious and
systematic attempt to analyse and explain aesthetic experience of Karnataka
music in the perspective of its multiple values. It deals with a
traditional art form of ndian music which is performed and enjoyed by many
millions of music lovers in India and abroad. Its focus is Karnataka music
but much of what it says in the first half applies to Indian music in
general. |
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Ram Avtar |
Theory Of Indian Music |
$18.99 $11.39 |
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| This book provides a historical, cultural & technical overview of the evolution of Indian music. |
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Ram Avtar |
Learn To Play On Sitar |
$6.73 $4.04 |
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| An extremely popular Indian string instrument with a Pumpkin Gourd at one end, 19-20 frets, 7 main strings and 11 sympathetic strings. This marvellous instrument, when played properly has the quality of many guitars in the hands many masters.This book provides instructions for Sitar handling, care, style of playing, exercises, music and more. A handy reference to master the art of playing Sitar for the amateur, the professional and the decorative. |
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Shyamal Banerjee |
Divine Songs of Sage Poet Ramprasad |
$25.49 $15.29 |
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| Ramprasad Sen was born in the second decade of the eighteenth century in Halishahar in (then) Bengal. He was a great saint in Shakta cult. But, he was too a natural poet and composer.
The songs are hymns to Goddess Mother Kali couched in rustic words and symbols of everyday life. Yet, most of this symbolism is a rare mosaic of the occult mystery of Tantrashastra and carry a double meaning. Thus, flying kites, the blind ox trudging routine endless circles of the village oil-machine (ghaani),... |
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Robert S. Gottlieb |
Solo Tabla Drumming of North India |
$69.95 $41.97 |
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| This beautifully packaged set includes two books and two audio tapes.
Volume I (Text and Commentary) furnishes the reader with information
pertaining to the variety of applications of the Tabla in North Indian classical
music, the Gharanas of Tabla, and explanation of the Bols accompanied by
photographic illustrations, a explanation of stylistic features relevant to to
the recorded performances. The appendix of this volume contains a glossary of
technical terms with their derivative... |
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A.M. Spencer |
Sakta Songs |
$24.30 $14.58 |
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| About the Book
Saktas are the worshippers of the female energy which is an expression of the age old Hindu recognition of a dual principle in nature, purusha (male) and prakriti (female). The worship is generally directed towards Durga or Kali, Siva's consort.
Sakta hymns and songs contain many references to both the philosophy and the practice of the cult. The lyrics have been translated from the most reliable version of the original text as well as with the help of noted... |
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Gert-Matthias Wenger |
Vintage Tabla Repertory: Drum Compositions of North Indian Classical Music |
$124.95 $74.97 |
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| This is a book for tabla-players and those who want to learn more about North Indian drumming.
For the first time the hitherto unpublished repertoire of the Laliyana gharana of Ustad Munir Khan is unlocked for the tabla-playing world. Based on his 24 years of apprenticeship with the late tabla virtuoso, Pandit Nikhil Ghosh, the author presents his entire repertoire of traditional tabla compositions in a meticulously transcribed and annotated form, along with recorded examples on CD.... |
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Mohit Chakrabarti |
Rabindranath Tagore |
$9.99 $5.99 |
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| An inward exploration of diverse finer sensibilities and softer visions of life in terms of aesthetics and mystic grandeur, Rabindranath Tagore's songs of prayer unfold an unending panorama of joy, sorrow, life, death, light, darkness, void and fullness in a serene symphony with Nature.
An alltime entry into the elegant cathedral of the language of silence and poignant suggestiveness to life as it ought to be for deliverance in ardent devotion and dedication. |
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Sudhir Kumar Saxena |
The Art of Tabla Rhythm |
$30.99 $18.59 |
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| This authoritative work deals comprehensively with tabla rhythm, focusing on the performed art with an eye to its history and aesthetics. It is aimed at the tabla student, the tabla performer, as well as the inquiring listener of Hindustani music, for whom it encapsulates a tabla practitioner's knowledge in these matters acquired over a lifetime of learning and teach.
Beginning with the evolution of the tabla, the book explains the technique of producing the basic bols. It further describes... |
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Adya Rangacharya |
Natyasastra - English Translation with Critical Notes |
$37.99 $22.79 |
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| The Natyasastra is probably one of the earliest and certainly one of the best treatises on Indian Dramaturgy. At the same time, the book available now is not an early one but may be as late as the seventh or eighth century AD.
The authorship is traditionally ascribed to Bharata, the Sage. The eminence of Natyasastra is not that it was the first book on the subject but that it was the first comprehensive treatise on Dance, Drama and Music. Like the Mahabharata, Natyasastra too boasts that What... |
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Anil Mihiripenna |
New Instrumental Compositions for North Indian Music |
$35.99 $21.59 |
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| Although many collections of ragadhari vocal compositions have been published over the years, there is a dearth of instrumental compositions. Hence, it has been the author's long-felt desire to bring out a collection of Gat o instrumental compositions in the north Indian musical tradition. This book cannot replace a teacher, and it is from a teacher that students of music must seek instructions and guidance.
The purpose of this book is to offer some support to both the... |
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Board of Scholars (Tr.) |
The Natya Sastra of Bharatamuni |
$31.49 $18.89 |
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| The Natyasastra deals with the rules relating to theatrical performances, in fact to the science of stage. The science is intended as a guide alike to the poet and the player. The author of this work was Bharata, the sage. It is known as Sutra as it embodies principles set out in a very concise form.
The present work consists of 36 chapters. Bharata divides the work broadly into four sections based on abhinayas or modes of conveyance of the theatrical pleasure, called rasa, is pure and... |
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Bankim Gossai |
Bhajan Madhuram |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| From the Author:The compilation of these beautiful Bhajans, Bhajan Madhuram, has brought fresh inspiration into my life. The experience turned out to be a great joy and a wonderful challenge for me. However, it is important to say immediately, the efforts of many individuals made it all possible. |
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Stephen Slawek |
Sitar Technique in Nibaddh Forms |
$27.95 $16.77 |
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| The book focuses on Sitar technique and shows how that technique comes
into play during the improvisatory music-making endeavours of master Sitarists.
A series of systematic descriptions and analyses reveals how instrumental
technique as that of Sitar acts as a generative structure at the broad level and
provides a corpus of factors of variation at the specific level. It includes
musical transcriptions detailing physical gestures to produce melody.
Students of Indian music are... |
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