Hi Martin, Ramamatya’s Svaramelakalanidhi is from just a century before your friend’s interest. There’s an edition with a helpful intro here: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.485439
Sorry for the brevity. About to board a roller coaster. Happy summer, Dave -- David Buchta, PhD Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit Department of Classics Brown University On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 11:11 AM Lubomír Ondračka via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > A perfect bibliographic tool on Indian music is the entry "Hinduism and > Music" by Eben Graves in Oxford Bibliographies Online: > > https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195399318/obo-9780195399318-0158.xml > > Of the many introductory books, I can recommend two in particular: > > 1/ Emmie te Nijenhuis, Indian Music: History and Structure, Leiden: > Brill, 1974 (a bit dense) > 2/ Bonnie C. Wade, Music in India: The Classical Traditions, Englewood > Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1979 > > Best, > Lubomir > > > > On 23/06/2024 09:46, Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY wrote: > > A professional Baroque violinist, not an Indologist and so not on this > list, has asked me for introductions to classical Indian musical theory, > including the concept of rāga, especially as found in Carnatic music. Both > primary texts (in translation) and secondary sources are welcome, and the > period corresponding to the Baroque (17th to 18th century) would be of > special interest. > > This question is entirely outside my field of knowledge, and I would > appreciate any suggestions from knowledgeable colleagues. If there are > particular recordings that might be helpful, and perhaps go with a > particular text/book (by design or serendipity), that would be useful too. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Martin Gansten > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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