Overview
"The Sangitasiromani, ""Crest-Jewel of Music"", is a major Sanskrit work on Indian musicology, composed in 1428 AD by scholars from all parts of India who participated in a musicological congress organized by Sultan Malika Sahi at Kada (near Allahabad). Designed as a standard text-book on music, the work summarizes and explains the opinions of older and contemporary authors. It deals with all the aspects of traditional Indian musicology, such as tone-system, scale, melody, rhythm, composition, variation and vocal technique. This complete English translation and its extensive introduction aims to familiarize the reader with the characteristic Indian concepts of music and the problems of their interpretation."
Full Product Details
Author: Emmie te Nijenhuis
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 4.30cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 1.244kg
ISBN: 9789004094987
ISBN 10: 9004094989
Pages: 622
Publication Date: 01 February 1992
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
'The edition and translation of this treatise is a major accomplishment by E. te Nijenhuis, a scholar with a record of distinguished publications in the history of Indian music theory.' B. Nettl, Choice, 1992. 'This is a big, beautiful...book with a wealth of detailed information on ancient and medieval Indian musical science as understood in the early fifteenth century A.D....this is a valuable addition to the growing number of Sanskrit musical treatises now available in English...' Lewis Rowell, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1994. '...ausgezeichneten, stattlichen Handbuch...' Siegfried Lienhard, Acta Orientalia, 1995.
' The edition and translation of this treatise is a major accomplishment by E. te Nijenhuis, a scholar with a record of distinguished publications in the history of Indian music theory.'<br>B. Nettl, Choice, 1992.<br>' This is a big, beautiful...book with a wealth of detailed information on ancient and medieval Indian musical science as understood in the early fifteenth century A.D....this is a valuable addition to the growing number of Sanskrit musical treatises now available in English...'<br>Lewis Rowell, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1994.<br>'.. .ausgezeichneten, stattlichen Handbuch...'<br>Siegfried Lienhard, Acta Orientalia, 1995.
Author Information
Emmie te Nijenhuis, is a well-known European musicologist specialized in Indian Music. She published several books on the subject of Indian Musicology including Dattilam. A Compendium of Ancient Indian Music, (Brill, 1970), Indian Music. History and Structure, (Brill, 1974), The Rāgas of Somanātha, (Brill, 1976).
