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876382
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Rowell, Lewis Eugene,1933-
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Music and musical thought in early India /\ Lewis Rowell.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 1992.
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| Series Statement
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Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
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1 online resource (xvii, 409 pages) :: illustrations
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0226730344
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0226730328
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0226730336
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9780226730325
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9780226730332
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-395) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; Acknowledgments; The Sounds of Sanskrit; Abbreviations; About the Frontispiece; 1. Introduction; 1.1 -- Music and Musical Thought in Early India; 1.2 -- The Divisions of Music; 1.3 -- Microcosm and Macrocosm; 1.4 -- Chronology and Sources; 2. Thought; 2.1 -- Introduction; 2.2 -- Continuities of Indian Thought; 2.3 -- Systematic Thinking; 2.4 -- Symbolic Thinking; 3. Sound; 3.1 -- Introduction; 3.2 -- The Divisions of Sound; 3.3 -- The Theory of Sound; 3.4 -- Sound: A Lexicon; 3.5 -- Causal Sound: Nada; 3.6 -- Akaśa, the Medium of Sound; 3.7 -- Sound and the External World.
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11.6 -- Style as a Composite11.7 -- Levels of Ornamentation; 11.8 -- Rasa; 11.9 -- The Values of Indian Music; 12. Afterthoughts; Notes; Glossary of Sanskrit Terms; Bibliography; Index.
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3.8 -- Three Ancient Conceptions of Musical Sound4. Chant; 4.1 -- Introduction; 4.2 -- Samavedic Chant; 4.2.1 -- The Role of Memory; 4.2.2 -- Chironomy; 4.2.3 -- Duration and Tempo; 4.2.4 -- Dynamics; 4.3 -- The Phonetic Treatises; 4.4 -- Some Distinctive Features of Sanskrit and Their Musical Consequences; 4.5 -- Narada's Śiksa and the Organization of Musical Pitch; 4.6 -- Milieu; 5. Theater; 5.1 -- Introduction; 5.2 -- The Natyaśastra; 5.3 -- The Preliminary Rituals; 5.4 -- The Incidental Music; 5.5 -- Instruments; 5.6 -- Epilogue; 6. Śastra; 6.1 -- Introduction; 6.2 -- Musical Scholarship.
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6.3 -- Musical Discourse6.4 -- The Language of Musical Speculation; 6.5 -- Notations; 7. Pitch; 7.1 -- Introduction; 7.2 -- The Gamut and Its Tuning; 7.3 -- Philosophical Arguments on Śruti and Svara; 7.4 -- The Gamut and Its Variables; 7.5 -- Sonance; 7.6 -- The Tanas; 7.7 -- Melodic Choices; 7.8 -- The Concept of Raga; 8. Time; 8.1 -- Introduction; 8.2 -- The Idea of Time in Ancient India; 8.3 -- Tala; 8.4 -- Chironomy; 8.5 -- Rhythmic Patterns; 8.6 -- The Concept of State; 8.7 -- Timing; 8.8 -- The Deśi Talas; 8.9 -- The Influence of Metrics; 8.10 -- The Rhythms of Indian Music; 9. Form; 9.1 -- Introduction.
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9.2 -- Formal Archetypes9.2.1 -- The Human Body; 9.2.2 -- Organic Growth; 9.2.3 -- Ritual; 9.2.4 -- Creation; 9.3 -- Formal Components; 9.4 -- Formal Tactics; 9.4.1 -- Upobana; 9.4.2 -- Upauartana; 9.4.3 -- Prastara; 9.5 -- Ritual Forms; 9.6 -- Minor Forms; 10. Song; 10.1 -- Introduction; 10.2 -- The Prabandhas; 10.3 -- Song Forms; 10.4 -- A Garland of Songs; 10.5 -- Expansion of the Genre; 10.6 -- Cultural Mapping; 10.7 -- The Theory and Practice of Song; 11. Style; 11.1 -- Introduction; 11.2 -- Gender; 11.3 -- Qualifications; 11.4 -- Gunas and Dosas; 11.5 -- The Qualities of Musical Sound.
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Music theory-- India.
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Music theory.
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MUSIC-- Instruction Study-- Theory.
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India.
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| Dewey Classification
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781/.0954/0902
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MT6.R87
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