Introduction to the Study of Indian Music

Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. The srutis of modern Hindustani music. 2. The staff notation and the srutis. 3. The staff notation (contd.). 4. The interpretation of the ancient text-books. 5. Concluding observations. Appendices. Index and glossary.

"Music has been, in the past, the most cultivated of the Indian arts, and to the present day it has remained the most vital and most universally appreciated art of India. Still, taking together what has been already lost, and what still remains, music is the most expression of the soul of the Indians.

Now Indian performing arts like music, dance is in great demand, not it is taught in almost all the leading schools, colleges and universities as the future of performers is very bright.

In this handy book the author has tried to put maximum basic information on Indian music which he feels shall serve the purpose of almost all the music lovers." (jacket)