Tāla and melody in early Indian music
A study of Nānyadeva's Pāṇikā songs with musical notation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2789508 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D R Widde, D R Widdess (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 481-508 |
| Publication date | 1981-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00144179 |
| OpenAlex | W2005811360 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Detailed information about the rhythmic organization of Indian art-music in the pre-Muslim period is provided by three Sanskrit treatises: theNātyaśāstraattributed to Bharata (compiled before the fifth century A.D.: hereafter cited as BhNS); theDattilamof Dattila (DD; of similar date); and theSaṅgītaratnākaraof Śārṅgadeva (SSR; written between 1210 and 1247). The system of rhythm described in these texts differs in many respects from the tālasystems of modern North and South Indian music. It is therefore of the greatest interest to find, albeit in a comparatively late source (c.1100), examples of melodies from the pre-Muslim period preserved in notation, which appear to exemplify the early Indian rhythmic system, and from which it is possible to draw conclusions about the relationship between tala and melody
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Melody · Music of India · Musical · Musical notation · Notation · Period (music) · Rhythm · Sanskrit · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |