Singing the Praises Divine: Music in the Hindu TraditionPresents A Selection Of Lectures And Essays On The Theme Of Music In The Hindu Traditions. With Special Emphasis On Song As A Mode Of Worship In Vaisnava Bhakti. Contains 14 Essays On The Subject. |
Contents
music in the Indian religious | 1 |
The concept of bhakti in Hindu traditions and its bearing | 17 |
sacred spot and center of life | 31 |
the treatment of melody types | 51 |
The description of the rāsa krīḍā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa | 65 |
The poetsingers of Vraja and their musicoliterary | 78 |
music space and ritual in the Vaiṣṇava | 110 |
the foundation of North Indian music | 130 |
the genre as living | 151 |
Common terms and phrases
16th century accompany ālāpa arranged association basis becomes beginning Bhāgavata bhakti Caitanya celebrations classical dhrupada composed compositions context continued court cycle Dagar daily dance Darbhanga deity developed devotional music devotional poetry dhamāra dhrupada direction divine divine service drama established event example expression festival followed founded four gamaka genre gharānā Gurukula Haridāsa hence Hindu Holi improvisation Indian classical music kirtana known Kṛṣṇa lead Lord major melody music tradition musicians North Indian notes offering original pakhāvaja Pandit Vidur Mallik performance play poetic practice praise present principal Rādhāramaṇa rāga rāsa rāsalīlā recording referred regarded religious remained rendered repertoire represents respectively ritual sacred samāja samājagāyana samgīta Sampradaya seasonal shrine significance singers singing songs sound South space Śrī stage structural style sung taken tāla temple music texts Vaiṣṇava temples various verses Vraja Vrajabhāṣā Vrindaban worship