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Saá¹ gÄ«taÅiromanÌ£i
A Medieval Handbook of Indian Music. Edited with Introduction and Translation
Series: - Brill's Indological Library, Volume: 5
Editor:
The Saá¹
gÄ«taÅiromanÌ£i, "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 SÄhi at KadÌ£a (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. The complete English translation and the extensive introduction will familiarize the reader with the characteristic Indian concepts of music and the problems of their interpretation.
For full information on the author's current projects in the field of Indian music, see www.sarasvatibhavan.com.
For full information on the author's current projects in the field of Indian music, see www.sarasvatibhavan.com.
Emmie te Nijenhuis, is a well-known European musicologist specialized in Indian Music. She published several books on the subject of Indian Musicology including Dattilam. A Compendium of Ancient Indian Music, (Brill, 1970), Indian Music. History and Structure, (Brill, 1974), The RÄgas of SomanÄtha, (Brill, 1976).
'The edition and translation of this treatise is a major accomplishment by E. te Nijenhuis, a scholar with a record of distinguished publications in the history of Indian music theory.'
B. Nettl, Choice, 1992.
'This is a big, beautiful...book with a wealth of detailed information on ancient and medieval Indian musical science as understood in the early fifteenth century A.D....this is a valuable addition to the growing number of Sanskrit musical treatises now available in English...'
Lewis Rowell, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1994.
'...ausgezeichneten, stattlichen Handbuch...'
Siegfried Lienhard, Acta Orientalia, 1995.
B. Nettl, Choice, 1992.
'This is a big, beautiful...book with a wealth of detailed information on ancient and medieval Indian musical science as understood in the early fifteenth century A.D....this is a valuable addition to the growing number of Sanskrit musical treatises now available in English...'
Lewis Rowell, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1994.
'...ausgezeichneten, stattlichen Handbuch...'
Siegfried Lienhard, Acta Orientalia, 1995.
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