Music
Sarangi Style in Hindustani Music
Fundamentals of Hindustani Classical Music
This approach Fundamentals of Hindustani Classical Music is aimed for readers who have some elementary knowledge of Hindustani Music, but wish to delve deeper into the subject to understand the science and art of music. This book essentially aims at explaining to the reader all aspects of Indian music through simple language.
The Ragas of Northern Indian Music
The first part of the book traces the history of Indian music and the continuity of its theory and practice for more than two thousand years. It is based on many years' research into the vast ancient Sanskrit literature of music. These valuable technical treatises, which lie in the form of scarcely catalogued manuscripts throughout the public and private libraries of India, had hitherto remained unemplored. Part Two transcribes and studies in detail fifty typical Raga-s. Each is preceded by a Sanskrit poem in translation which depicts the atmosphere; then follows an analysis of the scale, covering its intervals and expression, a study of the theme with its characteristic motives and finally a typical development.
Introduction To The Study of Musical Scales
The Grammar of Carnatic Music
This book argues that Carnatic music as it is practiced today can be traced to the musical practices of early/mid-eighteenth century. Earlier varieties or ''incarnations'' of Indian music elaborately described in many musical treatises are only of historical relevance today as the music described is quite different from current practices.
The Musician and His Art
In this book, the author relentlessly pursues his intellectual aims by borrowing ideas from a wide range of disciplines : sociology, linguistics, cultural anthropology, acoustics, aesthetics, demography, economics, marketing finance, psycho-analysis, mythology, philosophy and even mathematics. Despite its diverse intellectual canvas, the book retains the essential ''Indian-ness'' of the author's argument, and simultaneously addresses an international readership.
Hindustani Sangeet And a Philosopher of Art
The book is decidedly the very first of its kind. It seeks to weigh some basic facts and concepts of Hindustani sangeet (music, rhythm and Kathak dance) against the art theories of Susanne K. Langer, an eminent aesthetician of the recent past; But now here without meticulious attention to the text of her writings. In the chapter on music, while discussing Langer's emphasis on 'commanding form' in a total performance, the author proposes a quit new defination of raga which seeks to integrate the various points in its traditional characterizations. The third chapter too, which deals with Langer's view of rhythm, is not merely explanatory, but ventures to propose a fresh and fairly defensible definition of rhythm.
The Science of Indian Music
The Musical Heritage Of India
New Instrumental Compositions for North Indian Music
Hindustani Ragas Index
Hindustani Raga-s Index will prove quite useful to all musicians, scholars and students of music who need to consult the main contemporary Devanagari texts on Raga-s descriptions, compositions and Vistara-s. Browsing through the many tables of contents of these works in order to extract required information, is a time-consuming activity and Moutal's book, although non- exhaustive, will be a tremendous time-saver for consultation.
Hindustani Music
The book makes complex musicological concepts accessible to non-academic readers, and contributes significantly to widening the understanding of contemporary trends in Hindustani music. Written by an author of impeccable credentials as a musician, researcher, and author, this book is a very significant addition to the body of authoritative writing on 20th century Hindustani music.