Music
Sacred Music : Its Origins, Powers, and Future – Traditional Music in Today’s World
The Sitar: The Instrument and Its Technique
भारतीय संगीत का इतिहास
प्रस्तुत ग्रन्थ भारतीय संगीत का इतिहास अपने आप में असाधारण शोध-ग्रन्थ है. इसके लेखक डॉक्टर ठाकुर जयदेव सिंह बहु-आयामी व्यक्तित्व के विद्वान् थे. संगीतशास्त्र की सुविख्यात विदुषी प्रोफ. प्रेमलता शर्मा द्वारा सम्पादित इस ग्रन्थ को कोलकाता की संगीत रिसर्च अकादमी ने सन `१९९४ ईस्वी में संगीत परिदर्शिनी ग्रंथमाला के प्रथम पुष्प के रूप में प्रकाशित किया था. भारतीय संगीत क्षेत्र का अपने ढंग का पहला अनूठा ग्रन्थ है.
Khayal Vocalism
Agamas in Indian Dramatics and Musicology
NAD Understanding Raga Music
This book is perhaps the first comprehensive guide to understanding all the aspects and finer nuances of Hindustani classical music. It is aimed at the serious listner, that is some one who may not have had any formal lessons himself in this performing art, but who, nevertheless, has picked up an initial interest on listening to classical music, and is, therefore, seeking to know more about its underlying structure, system and traditions. By explaining in a straightforward and extremely readable style, the basic features of Indian music, how time and melody are structured, the main principles of raga delineation and development, and the various genres and styles of vocal as well as instrumental performances, the book aims to enhance the serious listener's understanding of Hindustani music, and heighten his appreciation of this art form.
Drama And Ritual of Early Hinduism
Hindustani Music and The Aesthetic Concept of Form
The Art of Tabla Rhythm
This authoritative work deals comprehensively with Tabla rhythm, focusing, if in brief, on its history and aesthetics. It is aimed at the Tabla student, the Tabla performer, as well as the inquiring listener of Hindustani music, for whom it encapsulates a Tabla practitioner's knowledge acquired over a lifetime of learning and teaching.
The Music of India
This is an attempt to bring, to bear a ''scientific'' attitude to Indian musicological problems. Tools and methods of modern science have been employed to probe into musical phenomena and Indian music history. No other term is perhaps so operatively basic as the tonic-drone in melodic music and today the tambura is the most important drone in Indian music. Importance of the emergence of the drone in Indian music history has been discussed at length, in terms of neuro-physiological dynamics.