In India, there is a vast profusion of
folk music which varies according to locality.
Though folk songs also follow the same base,
classical music requires immense training &
practice. In Indian music, musical sound is called
nada & nada is considered as Brahman or Divine
Reality itself.
Classical
Indian
music can be classified into two distinct
categories, the North Indian or Hindustani & the
South Indian or Carnatic music. The essential
features & basis of both the styles are the
same, in the sense that both are spiritualistic in
nature. Foreign influences due to invasions by
Persians, Arabs,.. are more evident in the
Hindustani form. There has been a constant
intermingling & the styles that have evolved are
the products of these various currents.
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Harikesanjali
The post Thyagaraja period
saw the blooming of many eminent composers
who have enriched Carnatic music.
Among them Harikesanallur Muthiah
Bhagavathar is one of the most
distinguished, his contribution being
unique. To create an awareness, to
perpetuate his memory and to propagate his
music among music lovers, his descendants
have created this trust.
http://www.saigan.com/harikesanjali |
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Sep 2011
Saaz Raag aur taal Vol-I, Vol-II - Instrumental Music of India
Over 30 instruments plus six Major Drums of India recorded along with innumerable side rhythm instruments
Music by: Pt. Vinayaka Vohra, M. Kalyana Raman and Chandiramani
www.chandiramani.com/drumsofindia1.html |
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Information on
Sitar, its origin, history and famous sitar
players
www.sitars.net |
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Article from Shri Karaikudi
Mani's Layamani Layam
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Learning
Carnatic Music
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Sangeeta Sudha website, is
a compilation of English translations of
Carnatic lyrics by Damodara Rao Dasu who has
taken up the task of translating popular
krithis of Tyagaraja, Annamacharya, Ramadasu
and few other composers into English. The
website has over 200 keertanas with meanings
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Links to Music
related web sites and articles
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Music related Web Sites hosted by
Saigan Connection
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Sampradaya was founded in1980 by
two students of South Indian music. Michael
Nixon, a student of the veena & Ludwig
Pesch, a student of the flute, under the
inspiration & general guidance of the
late Savithri Rajan, founded Sampradaya with
the purpose of documenting 'Sampradaya
Sangeetham'.
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Sruti
is a monthly magazine in English
devoted to Indian Performing Arts
www.sruti.com |
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e-learning
A new website has just
been launched for the benefit of music
lovers, students, musicians and teachers
of South Indian classical music. Its
foremost objective is to contribute to a
meaningful exchange of ideas, expertise
and resources in the field of South Indian
classical music through e-learning. The
course author and tutor, Ludwig Pesch, is
a practicing musician and educationist.
www.carnaticstudent.org |
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Sampoorna Geetagovinda - the
Music CDs
Sampoorna
Geetagovinda presents the complete and
unabridged version of Jayadeva's immortal
creation. This is a major musical
composition presenting the entire
Geetagovinda - all the stanzas of each of
its twenty-four songs, typically consisting
of eight padas and hence called Ashtapadis,
and all the seventy-two slokas-a unique and
first ever offering. A group of scholars led
by Dr Subas Pani, well-known scholar of
Jayadeva and Geetagovinda, has finalised the
authentic text of this musical epic after
extensive research referring to several
original tika or commentaries.
www.geetagovinda.org/Sampoorna_geetagovinda.html |
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Yazh Sudhakar's blog
archive
Visit this
site to listen to "Ninaithaale inikkum"
programmes presented by Yazh Sudhakar in
Suryan FM radio.
Also
available in the site - his Tamil kavidhais,
rare photographs of music geniuses in the
Tamil film world.
He
mostly relays old songs, raga based songs
of Bhagavathar, Ghantasala, TM
Sounderrajan, P.Suseela, Yesudas, SPB,
Janaki and selected MGR, Sivaji film
songs.
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Radel
inventions for music - electronic
musical instruments
Radel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is
the pioneer in the field of electronic
musical instruments for Indian music. A
wide range of Digital Indian musical
instruments are invented, designed and
manufactured.
www.radelindia.com |
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An
informative page on sitar maestro
Biswabrata Chakrabarti, who is also
a master composer. The website is also
an initiative to create an awareness
& interest on Indian Heritage &
Indian classical music (Hindustani).
www.biswabratachakrabarti.com |
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