HISTORY OF INDIAN MUSIC

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The history of Indian music can be traced back to the Sama Veda, which contained the slokas that were set to music. Religious rituals still include the chanting of Vedic hymns with prescribed pitch and accent. It is said that the art of music was introduced to Earth by Narada Muni (sage). He also taught the inhabitants about Naada brahma, the sound that pervades the entire universe. Music has been an inseparable part of Indian culture and tradition. It has served as a form of general entertainment for the masses as well as a spiritual means for god realization. It gives me pleasure to mention in this connection that some valuable articles on the history of Indian music, from the gifted pens of the connoisseurs of music, published from time to time in different papers and journals, have left behind them impress of permanent value in the field of study and culture of Indian music. The present book is an attempt for tracing out firstly the historical evolution of the musical materials like microtones, tones, murcchanas, ragas, scales, gitis and prabandhas, veena, venu and mridanga, dances and hand-poses, rhythm and tempo as well as the philosophical concept that are very essential for the study of history of Indian music, and secondly, the chronological accounts of history of music of India in different ways in different periods, including development of music in Bengal and South India.