The grammar of Carnatic music / by K.G. Vijayakrishnan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vijayakrishnan, K. G.

Series:

Phonology and phonetics ; 8.

Phonology and phonetics ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnatic music--Theory.

Carnatic music.

Music theory--India.

Music theory.

Music and language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that Carnatic music as it is practiced today can be traced to the musical practices of early/ mid eighteenth century. Earlier varieties or 'incarnations' of Indian music elaborately described in many musical treatises are only of historical relevance today as the music described is quite different from current practices. It is argued that earlier varieties may not have survived because they failed to meet the three crucial requirements for a language-like organism to survive i.e., a robust community of practitioners/ listeners which I call the Carnatic Music Fraternity, a sizeable body of musical texts and a felt communicative need. In fact, the central thesis of the book is that Carnatic music, like language, survived and evolved from early/mid eighteenth century when these three requirements were met for the first time in the history of Indian music.

Contents:

Language and (Carnatic) music

Introduction to a constraint-based approach to Carnatic music

Conversion of pitch values to notes

Classifying pitch variations and assigning structure to a line of Carnatic music

Construing meaning in Carnatic music : determining grammaticality

Construing meaning in Carnatic music : style/stylistic issues

The lexicon of Carnatic music

Accounting for variation in Carnatic music.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-334) and index.

ISBN:

9786612194603

9781282194601

1282194607

9783110198881

3110198886

OCLC:

476197351