Traditional Indian Theory and Practice of Music and Dance / / Jonathan Bernard Katz.

• Superior document: Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference ; volume 11
• VerfasserIn: Katz, Jonathan Bernard,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 1992.
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Series: Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference ; volume 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 pages).

These articles concern the role of the Sanskrit tradition in the performing arts in India. They consider the relations between theory and practice in music and dance with particular reference to the Sanskrit textual tradition of musicology.

Table of Contents

Jonathan Katz, 'Introduction: Śāstra, prayoga and sanngīta.'Harold Powers, 'Reinterpretations of tradition in Hindustani music: Omkarnath Thakur contra Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande.'Richard Widdess, 'Reflections on a medieval melody: theory, practice and notation in early Indian musicological texts.'N. Ramanathan, 'Influence of śāstra on prayoga: the svara system in the post-Sangītaratnākara period with special reference to South Indian music.'Lewis Rowell, 'The prabandhas in Matanga's Bṛhaddeśī.'P.L. Sharma, 'Śāstra and prayoga: śāstric tradition and contemporary tāla practice, with special reference to Hindustani music.'Mukund Lath, 'Taṇḍu: the first theoretician of dance.'S.S. Janaki, The hand-gesture patāka in nāṭya.'Mandrakranta Bose, 'Categories of dance: bandha and anibandha'.