Music of the Nations: A Comparative Study - Hardcover

Prajnanananda, Swami

9788121503358: Music of the Nations: A Comparative Study

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ISBN 10: 8121503353 ISBN 13: 9788121503358

Verlag: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2002

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Language: English
Pages: 234

About the Book:

The Music of the Nations is a comparative study of music and musical systems of the civilized world. Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Arabia, Persia, China, Japan, Korea, Siam, Burma, Central Asia, England, and Russia.

The learned author has approached with a new hope and attempt to represent many new materials for research work and also for knowledge of the inquisitive reader.

About the Author:

Swami Prajnanananda owned great reputation in the fields of scholastic studies and research. He learnt classical music under noted Ustads and has extensively read and made research on musical treatises. He was awarded the Sisir Memorial Prize in 1960, the Fellowship by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi in 1963, and was awarded the Sarojini Gold Medal by the University of Calcutta. He was conferred D. Litt. by Robindra Bharati University, Calcutta. He is an author of many research books written in English, Sanskrit and Bengali.
Preface
The Music of The Nations is a comparative study
of music and musical systems of the civilized nations
of the world. The book deals with music of India, Me-
sopotemia, Greece, Rome, Arabia, Persia, China, Japan,
Korea, Siam, Burma, Central Asia, England and Russia.
There was a close contact by land and sea between
India and other Western countries, Middle East, and
Central Asia, and India supplied various materials of
art, culture and civilization to those countries. Be-
sides, music of India was not limited within the corners
of India, but it crossed the borders of India, and contri-
buted her art and culture to other countries. The
Buddhist age was a golden one, and in this age, India
had a contact