Prominent Musical Instruments- Technique and Tradition - Softcover

Madhubala Saxena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8172765991 ISBN 13: 9788172765996

Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2019

Synopsis

English 260 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)PrefaceBhartiya Vidya Bhavan, over the last 80 yrs. has been promoting "Sanskrit and Sanskriti" , the various facets of Indian cultural heritage through its several endeavours.Sangeet, which encompasses the three essential components of Indian Performing Arts - Gita, Vadya and Nritya are the vital components of Indian heritage. Respecting the rich Indian tradition, Bhavan's Delhi Kendra, as a tribute to its Founder Dr. K.M. Munshi and to mark its Foundation Day, over the past many years has been organizing the "Sangeet Samaroh". An annual event, held every year in the first week of November, the Sangeet Samaroh bring forth the different musical genres in the performing arts by presenting some of the country's leading exponents from the field of Indian music and dance.In addition to this the Bhavan's Delhi Kendra also brings out its thematic digests on several important aspects of Indian performing Arts that highlight the vocal, instrumental music and dance.Instruments are integral part of Performing Arts, i.e. dance, drama and music. They have played a substantial role in enhancing performances both as accompanying as well as solo instruments. India is a store house of a large number of musical instruments that belong to the traditional, folk, tribal and the classical. These have been categorized into Stringed, Plucked, Bowing, Wind and Percussion Instruments."Prominent Musical Instruments - Technique and Tradition", a fresh addition to Bhavan's Wettya, Nritya and Sangita Series' presents origin and evolution of instruments and their usage in enriching our musical tradition. Eminent scholars and practitioners of performing arts have enriched this publication.We hope this edition, dealing with almost all instruments in vogue, in o

Edition details

• Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8172765991
• ISBN 13: 9788172765996
• Binding: Paperback