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Updated March 2008 Treatise on Carnatic Music/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2007, 384 p., $75 (pbk). Details No. 55297 |
Aesthetic and Scientific Values in Carnatic Music/lecture-demonstrations by Vidya Shankar. Chennai, Parampara, 1997, viii, 255 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 30895
Aesthetic and Scientific Values in Carnatic Music, Vol. II/Vidya Shankar. Chennai, Parampara, 2005, xiii, 196 p., $15 (pbk). Details No. 44721
The Art and Science of Carnatic Music/Vidya Shankar. Reprint. Chennai, Parampara, 1999, vii, 216 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 30894
Cameos : A Collection of Writings on Karnatic Musicians of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries/Soolamangalam Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar. Reprint. Chennai, Sunadham, 2005, xxii, 136 p., plates, $18 (pbk). Details No. 40231
Carnatic Fun Task Tic! : Learning
Carnatic is Fun: A Practical Guide to the Fundamentals of Carnatic Music
for Beginners, Advanced Level Students, Performers and Teachers, Vol. I
(With CD)/K.N. Shashikiran. Chennai, Shristi's Carnatica Pvt. Ltd.,
2007, xvi, 268 p., $20 (pbk). Details No. 54920
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 1 : A Primer for Learning Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Violin/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 120 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 91-85-381-90-9. Details No. 52996
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff
Notation 2 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Adi
Tala Varnam-I/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii,
128 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-917 [Three Part Series Containing
Lessons on Playing Adi Tala and Ata Tala Varnam]. Details
No. 54937
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff
Notation 3 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Adi
Tala Varnam-2/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, vi, 128
p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-92-5. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons
on Playing Adi Tala and Ata Tala Varnam]. Details
No. 54940
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff
Notation 4 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Ata
Tala Varnam/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 108
p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-93-3. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons
on Playing Adi Tala and Ata Tala Varnam]. Details
No. 54942
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff
Notation 5 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin:
Kritis-1/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 128 p.,
$11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-95-1. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on
Playing Keertanam]. Details No. 54943
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff
Notation 6 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin :
Kritis-2/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 128 p.,
$11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-95-X. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on
Playing Keertanam]. Details No. 54944
Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 7 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin : Kritis-3/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 136 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-96-8. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Keertanam]. Details No. 54945
Carnatic Summer : Lives of Twenty Great Exponents/V. Sriram. Chennai, East West Books, 2004, xix, 311 p., $18 (pbk). ISBN 81-88661-26-0. Details No. 40312
Compositions of Maharaja Swati Tirunal in Devanagari and Diacritical Roman Scripts with SRGM Notations and Meaning in English/compiled and edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Chennai, Ganamandir Pub., 2002, xxvi, 486 p., $25 (pbk). ISBN 0-965 1871-4-4. [Music Series – VI] Details No. 29771
Compositions of Syama Sastri : Subbaraya Sastri and Annasvami Sastri : In National and International Scripts: Devanagari and Roman with Meaning and SRGM Notations in English/compiled and edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Reprint. Chennai, Ganamandir Pub., 2003, x, 135 p., $17. ISBN 0-965 1871-2-8. Details No. 35629
Compositions of Tyagaraja : In National and International Scripts: Devanagari & Roman with Meaning and S R G M Notations in English/compiled & edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Reprint. Chennai, Ganamandir Publications, 1999, xxii, 676 p., $66. ISBN 0-965-1871-3-6. Details No. 29772
A Comprehensive Dictionary of Carnatic Music : Dictionary, Concepts, Charts, Ragas, Thalas, Compositions, Instruments, Musical Pillars and Much More/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2005, 396 p., $55. Details No. 44455
Core of Karnatic Music (Karnataka Sangeethamrutham)/A.D. Madhavan. Kerala, Music Zone, 2003, 626 p., $39. Details No. 34334
A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians/P. Sambamurthy. Reprint. Madras, Indian Music Publishing House, 2001, 3 Vols., 535 p., plates, illust., $33 (pbk). [To be completed in 4 Vols]. Details No. 30991
Ever Green : Lyrics and Notation of Carnatic Classical Songs/compiled by T.H. Thiyagarajan. Chennai, SN Pub., 2003, x, 62 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 34588
Glimpses of Carnatic Music for NET. SLET. JRF./T.V. Manikandan. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2005, viii, 86 p., $15. ISBN 81-7391-767-1. Details No. 41468
Golden Treasury of Swathi Tirunal Kritis/S. Bhagyalekhsmy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Publications, 1999, 82 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85381-19-4. Details No. 29829
108 Cine Ragams : Carnatic Music in Tamil Films (CD-Rom Inside)/S. Parthasarathy. Chennai, Amritha Parthasarathy, 2005, x, 236 p., $25 (pbk). Details No. 45613
Indian Music and An Enchanting Amalgam Of Dance/Vasanthy Krishna Rao. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2006, xii, 182 p, $22. ISBN 81-7453-245-5. Details No. 46387
Institutionalised Teaching System of Carnatic Music/T. Unnikrishnan. New Delhi, Agam Kala Prakashan, 2006, xii, 138 p., $21. ISBN 81 7320 068 8. Details No. 45616
Laksana and Laksya of Carnatic Music : A Quest/T.V. Manikandan. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2004, xiii, 219 p., tables, $28. ISBN 81-7391-659-4. Details No. 36575
Lakshanagranthas in Music/S. Bhagyalekshmy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Publications, 1999, xii, 220 p., $11 (pbk) ISBN 81-85-381-13-5. Details No. 29780
Karnataka Sangeeta Sastra : Theory of Carnatic Music/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Translated by T.T. Vijayaraghavan. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2001, x, 110 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 30780
Karnatic Music Reader/S. Bhagyalekshmy. Nagercoil, CBH Publications, 1996--1998, 4 Volumes, 374 p., $22 (set). ISBN 81-85-381-46-1(Vol. I), 81-85-281-47-X (Vol. II), 81-85-381-48-8 (Vol. III). 81-85-281-49-6 (Vol. IV). Details No. 29791
Krti Samskrti (Krti Tradition in Karnatak Music)/Lalita Ramakrishna. Bangalore, Kalpatharu Research Academy, 2006, xv, 264 p., $25. Details No. 45609
Muthuswamy Dikshitar Compositions: Edited with Text and Notation of Select Compositions/S. Bhagyalekshmy and M.N. Moorthy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2002, 127p., $11 (pbk) ISBN 81-85381-50-X. Details No. 29830
108 Cine Ragams : Carnatic Music in Tamil Films (CD-Rom Inside)/S. Parthasarathy. Chennai, Amritha Parthasarathy, 2005, x, 236 p., $25 (pbk). Details No. 45613
Perfecting Carnatic Music, Level 2 : Varnams and Krtis/Chitravina N. Ravikiran. Chennai, The International Foundation for Carnatic Music India, 2005, vii, 120 p., $15 (pbk). Details No. 41107
Philosophical Thoughts in Indian Music/Indira Srinivasan. Chennai, Om International, 2003, xii, 252 p., $22 (pbk) Details No. 35558
Raga Pravaham : Index to Carnatic Ragas/M.N. Dhandapani and D. Pattammal. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Chennai, The Karnatic Music Book Center, 2002, 286 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40332
Ragas in Carnatic Music/S. Bhagyalekshmy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2003, xi, 384 p., tables, $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-85381-12-7. Details No. 40495
Romance of the Raga/Vijaya Moorthy. New Delhi, Abhinav, 2001, 129 p., $55. ISBN: 81-7017-382-5. Details No. 22149
Saptha Vitanka Sthalam (Sri Thyagarajar)/P.M. Lalitha. Chennai, P.M. Lalitha (Aparna), 2003, x, 70 p., figs., $11 (pbk). Details No. 31136
The Science of Indian Music/Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana. Secunderabad, Sundarakrupa, 2005, 439 p., $40. Details No. 41103
Selected Compositions of Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar with Notations/by B. Rajam Iyer. Chennai, R.A.M.A Trust, 2004, 214 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 45603
South Indian Music (6 Books)/P. Sambamurthy. Chennai, The Indian Music Publishing House, 2002, xxxiv, 1815 p., tables, $50. Details No. 29785
Sri Ramajayam : Ganamrutha Keerthanamalika, Part-I to X (With Notation)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2003, 944 p., $55 (pbk) (set). Details No. 36533
Thiagaraja : A Great Musician Saint (1759-1847) (With Sargam Notation)/M.S. Ramaswami Aiyar. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 2003, xxiv, 238 p., $20. ISBN 81-206-0248-x. Details No. 30242
Varnasagaram : 415 Tana, Pada, Cauka, Ragamalika and Daru Varnas/edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Chennai, Ganamandir, 2006, xiv, 446 p., photos, $30. ISBN 0-965-1871-5-2. Details No. 49038
Veena : In the Theory, Practice and Experiment in Karnatic Music/K.S. Raghavendra Rao and M.K. Jaishree Prasad. Bangalore, Abhinav Pub., 2005, xiv, 386 p., figs., tables, $31. Details No. 55296
Voices Within Carnatic Music : Passing on an Inheritance/Bombay Jayashri and T.M. Krishna. Chennai, Matrka, 2007, xii, 178 p., $90. ISBN 81-7525-555-2. Details No. 49738
What is Carnatic Music?/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2002, 32 p., $11 (pbk). [Demystifying Fine Arts-Volume-10]. Details No. 30984
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