Tips To familiarize yourself with the world of Carnatic music click on any “pin” on the interactive map for more informationcheck the textbook entries for all the names and musical forms mentioned in the accompanying text boxeszoom in and out on the map by clicking on the + / – control buttonsdisplay more options (click the menu button on the left top of […]
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Select online Sanskrit and Tamil dictionaries
List of dictionary pages included in the above search: https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fabricius/https://www.tamildict.com/https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.dehttps://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/mcalpin/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/winslow/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/kadirvelu/
Melakarta raga application
12 positions are available in the South Indian 72 mela systemto learn more, read the following explanations Tips for viewing: first watch 16 slides appear in their serial order, then stop anywhere; hold any image with the help of the cursor (or finger on touchscreens); and resume by mouse click or right swipe on touchscreens; […]
Up-to-date information: Composers, musicians, scholars, publications and special events
Custom search – press and websites (function() { var cx = ‘013915946162963447659:eiblxb0imj8’; var gcse = document.createElement(‘script’); gcse.type = ‘text/javascript’; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == ‘https:’ ? ‘https:’ : ‘http:’) + ‘//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=’ + cx; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); })(); TipsFor up-to-date information from several leading periodicals and other websites, simply type one or […]
A music worth sharing
Whatever one’s personal background and aspirations may be, Carnatic music remains a quest for undiluted aesthetic experience (rasa). Three basic concepts are essential. Read the brief introduction for more!
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Find a copy of The Oxford Illustrated Companion
The textbook for this course, The Oxford Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music is available from its publisher and several other distributors: For more information and orders, please visit the publisher’s websites: OUP India and OUP worldwide >>For new or used copies, also search Abebooks.com, Amazone.com, Bettereducation.com (Australia), Betterworldbooks.comSuppliers in The Netherlands: Athenaeum.nl & Bol.com >> Library copies ISBN for copy-paste in […]
A book celebrating the contribution of mrdangam makers: Sebastian and Sons by T.M. Krishna
A much awaited book ‘Sebastian and Sons’ by TM Krishna on the evolution of the art of Mridangam making is going to be released on 2 February 2020. ‘The making process is an intellectually, aesthetically and physically taxing one. From acquiring the skins for the circular membranes and straps to the wood for the drum, […]
Video | Layavinyasam by T.R. Sundaresan and ensemble – Navarasa Navarthri
Doordarshan television 07/10/2019T.R.Sundaresan Mridangam & Konnakkol, M.A.Sundareswaran Violin, Papanasam Sethuraman Kanjira, Trichy Murali Ghatam, A.S.Krishnan Morsing, Rama Sundareswaran Tampura. | More about T.R.Sundaresan >>
Video | “There is more than one form of being a devadasi”: The complex world of India’s devadasis – Interview with filmmaker (Lady) Beeban Kidron
Interview with filmmaker Beeban Kidron, plus exclusive clips from her new film. Sex, Death and the Gods explores the complex world of India’s devadasi, girls devoted to a goddess and then sold for sex at puberty | Lindsay Poulton and Joanna Moorhead, theguardian.com, 21 January 2011 >> Documentary maker Beeban Kidron (4:49): “They [the devadasis themselves] […]