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Hindustani Sangeet : Some Perspectives, Some Performers

S.K. Saxena, D.K. Printworld, 2010, x, 248 p, ISBN : 8124605394, $33.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Hindustani Sangeet : Some Perspectives, Some Performers/S.K. Saxena

Contents: Preface. 1. Essentials of Hindustani music. 2. Hindustani music and two idioms of aesthetic concern. 3. Some aesthetic predicates and Hegel on the sublime. 4. Hindustani music and the philosophy of art. 5. The aesthetic viewpoint : Kant and some Indian art. 6. Our rhythm and croce. 7. The spiritual and Hindustani music. 8. To Kathak anew. 9. Altaf Hussain Khan. 10. Ustad Amir Khan : the man and his art. 11. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan : a master of melody. 12. The mind and art of Ustad A. Rahimuddin Khan Dagar. Bibliography. Index.

"There are three major ways of looking a Hindustani sangeet. An easy-to-follow discussion of its basic concepts is one. A truthful and sympathetic, yet not merely laudatory, account of the life and art of some of its masterly exponents is another. Both these approaches have been fairly common so far. The third way, which has not yet received the attention it deserves, tries to dwell upon Hindustani music, rhythm, and (Kathak) dance explicitly in relation to philosophy and philosophers of art. It is from this point of view that the present book should be welcome. It does not, however, overlook the first two approaches. Besides quite a few essays that explore the aesthetical aspects of Hindustani music, the book takes a renovative look at Kathak dance, and engages the reader in a discussion of how far our music can be regarded as spiritual. These and some other key features should make this book acceptable to both rasikas and musicologists.'' (jacket)

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