About the Book

Hindustani Raga-s Index will prove quite useful to all musician, scholars and students of music who need to consult the main contemporary Devanagari Texts on Raga-s descriptions, composition and Vistara-s. Browsing through the many tables of contents of these works (often in several volumes or parts) in order to extract required information, is a time consuming activity and Moutal's book, although non-exhaustive, will be a tremendous time-saver for consultation.

The present work covers 2821 Bibliographical references of 665 names of Raga-s found in 33 Devanagari texts (in 79 volumes) by 22 major authors.

About the Author

Patrick Moutl is professor of Indian Music at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris. He started studying instrumetal music (sitar) at banaras Hindu University from 1970 and completed a Doctorate in Performance & Compositions (D. Mus.) in sitar in 1983. In France he was awarded the French distinction of "Chevalier des Arts et des Letters". He is a member of the French Ethnomusicological Society and has also produced a number of L.P. recordings and radio broadcasts. He has published Hindustani Raga Sangita: Une etud de quelques mecanismes de base (CEMO). His other two books Hindustani Ragas Index and A Comparative Study of Selected Hindustani Raga-s based on contemporary Practice are published by us.

CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgments
Transliteration Code
Introduction
Bibliography

1. - Devanagari
2. - Transliteration
3. Detailed references

Hindustani Rga-s Index

A
B
C
D
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
Y
Z

List of Illustrations
Comparative Chart: Music Notation System V. N. Bhatkhande /V. D. Paluskar

Index of Raga-s (English form / Transliteration / Devanagari)

Index

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