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| Indian music is an indivisible ingredient of Indian culture. Its specific characteristic basis and aim is spiritualism. For example, something that elevates, and does not merely entertain. It is considered to be a very powerful medium for elevation/sublimation, inner purification and self-realization. The earliest sages wrote the Vedas and Upanishads, not in prose, but in verses, which could be sung or recited. Sages would gaze into the night sky, a seeming chaotic disposition of heavenly bodies traveling from the eastern horizon to the western one. The great intuitive mind of the rishi saw a pattern conforming to order and rhythm. Extending this concept to his aural perception of monotonic sound OM, the unknown goldmine of the musical scale started to surface as a set of mathematical proportions in this calculating imagination. The Sama Veda is the fountainhead of Indian music. |
| Said Lord Krishna in the Bhagvad Geeta "Vedanama Sama Vedosmi" - "Among the Vedas, I am the 'Sama Veda'." Lord Krishna also said, in the Bhagvad Geeta: "I do not reside in Vaikuntha - the heavens - nor in the hearts of the Yogis; but I stand to listen, whenever my devotees sing." Lord Shiva, Narada and Shree Krishna were the celestial musicans. In the Middle Ages, Sarang Deva, Matang and others wrote authentic scriptures on music. Even today, the Natyashastra of Bharata is considered as the most authentic work on Indian music, dance and drama. After the invasion by the Mughals, music migrated from temples to th royal courts. Present day Indian classical music(Khayal in North Indian music) is, therefore, an amalgamation of Indian and Middle-Eastern systems of music over the last seven centuries. In Southern India, the old traditional characteristic system is more pronounced and preserved, even today. While Swami Haridas was, more or less, a dhrupad singer, Tansen, Baiju and Amir Khusro (he loved the khayal style) emphasized khayal singing (15th - 17th centuries). |
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| Introduction To North Indian Classical Music |