Readings on Music and Dance

Contents: Preface. 1. Development of music in Sanskrit/Swami Prajnananda. 2. The aesthetics of Indian Music/Dr. A.A. Bake. 3. The aesthetics of Indian Music and Dance/Shyamala Sharma. 4. Tradition and improvisation in Indian Music/Vijaya Raghava Rao. 5. Recent developments in musicology/Prof. P. Sambamoorthy. 6. Oriental music/Dr. Joseph Kuckertz. 7. Yakshagana/ Dr. V. Raghavan. 8. Kathakali/M.K.K. Nayar. 9. Heritage of Music in dramas/M. Hariharan. 10. Bhagavata mela: dance drama/S. Natarajan. 11. Muslim influence on Venkatamakhi and his school/Dr. K C D Braharpati. 12. Andhra’s musical heritage/B. Rajanikanta Rao. 13. The Haridasas of Karnataka/Dr. G. Srinivasan. 14. Karnataka Music/R. Sathyanarayana. 15. Purandara Dasa and Thyagaraja/Rajasree. 16. Music education/Prof. R.C. Mehta. 17. The educational art of music/Prof. D.B. Kakkar. 18. Art and music in education/Nripendra C. Bhattacharya. 19. The origins of western music/Nicolas Nobokov. 20. Pythagorean Mathematics and music/Richard L. Crocker. 21. Temple curiosities: some strange musical objects/V M Narasimhan. 22. Contemporary music/Prof. P. Sambamoorthy. Index.

The articles on this book represents a compilation of a wide range of articles on music by various authorities. The purpose of this volume is to bring under one cover some of the materials in an appropriate sequence so as to portray a cogent picture of the different facets of Indian Music and Dance as well as Western music. As such the compilation should provide the general reader as well as lover of music valuable and interesting information on the subject.