Book Description Condition: New. pp. vi + 220. Seller Inventory # 2642979371
Book Description Condition: New. pp. vi + 220 Illus. Seller Inventory # 49836020
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN: 9788188827282. Seller Inventory # 1769819
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. 1. Name and form. 2. Structure of a Krti. 3. Krti and other forms. 4. Emotion and melody Bhava and Raga. 5. Language and lyric Bhasha Sahitya. 6. Free rhythm and fixed rhythm Laya and Tala. 7. Creative scope manodharma. 8. Origin of Krti. 9. Uthukadu Venkata Kavi 1700-1762. 10. The trinity. 11. Syama Sastri 1763-1827. 12. Tyagaraja 1767-1847. 13. Muthusvami Dikshitar 1776-1835. 14. Swati Tirunal 1813-1847. 15. Proliferation of the Krti. 16. Krti in concerts Sabha Gana. 17. Aesthetics of concert music. Appendices. Glossary. References. This book analyses the krti-a musical form liked and encouraged by the music loving public in concerts. The sub-title of the book Krti Sanskrti is a reminder that Krti is a flowering of Indian Sanskrit culture combining the best in classical music and language. Krti brings together Sanskrit and all the four major South Indian languages. Tamizh tradition has contributed powerful inputs in rhythm, mathematical patterns and rhyme. Scenes from mythology and the nama names of the divine are cultural archetypes. A krti is enjoyed for its raga and equally for the profound feeling suggested by its words. The essential features of a krti are enumerated in this book. Tala in krtis enables a raga to survive in a package Nibaddha for posterity. Krti makes ragas accessible even to lay people who repeat popular krtis and imbibe these ragas. Krti gives ample scope to a maestro fro creative expression Manodharma in raga and laya. This book gives in detail the lives and musical styles of the great composers of krtis. The big three among them called the trinity in music set the krti on its course. Seller Inventory # 110408