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A Southern Music: Exploring the Karnatik Tradition Kindle Edition

by T.M. Krishna (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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One of the foremost Karnatik vocalists today, T.M. Krishna writes lucidly and passionately about the form, its history, its problems and where it stands todayT.M. Krishna begins his sweeping exploration of the tradition of Karnatik music with a fundamental question: what is music? Taking nothing for granted and addressing readers from across the spectrum - musicians, musicologists as well as laypeople - Krishna provides a path-breaking overview of south Indian classical music.
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    December 26, 2013
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As a vocalist in the Karnatik tradition, Thodur Madabusi Krishna's musicality eludes standard analyses. Uncommon in his rendition of music and original in his interpretation of it, Krishna is at once strong and subtle, manifestly traditional and stunningly innovative. As a public intellectual, Krishna speaks and writes about issues affecting the human condition and about matters cultural. Krishna has started and is involved in many organizations whose work is spread across the whole spectrum of Karnatik music, including research, archiving and documentation, and has co-authored Voices Within: Carnatic Music - Passing on an Inheritance, a book dedicated to the greats of Karnatik music. He is the driving force behind the Urur-Olcott Kuppam Festival and the Svanubhava initiative, and has been part of inspiring collaborations, such as the Chennai Poromboke Paadal with environmentalist Nityanand Jayaraman, performances with the Jogappas (transgender musicians) and bringing on to the concert stage the poetry of Perumal Murugan. In 2016, Krishna received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in recognition of 'his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions'.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HNL5N1K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; 1st edition (December 26, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 26, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1215 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 589 pages
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Malathi Ramji
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating look at Southern Indian music
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2015
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Well written - in a friendly conversational style. For a music lover like myself - who has had some early training, but is not an expert by any means, it was an amazing behind-the-scenes look at the history and intricacy of the treasure we call Southern Indian music. He is exceptionally talented both as a musician and as a writer, and allows his generosity of spirit and his humility to shine through the whole book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wealth of historical information, and interesting, if controversial arguments and analysis
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2014
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It's a good book with a wealth of obscure knowledge and historical information, especially about talas and also about raga evolution, that TMK has condensed into a form that anyone can read (I'm sure the knowledge was out there in the ancient scriptures/manuscripts, but kudos to him for having compiled it in an easily accessible form). It also has a lot of good analysis, but tends to ramble at times and could have been more concise to convey the points more crisply. There are certainly some controversial views in there, but overall the book is definitely worth reading if you are into Carnatic music in anyway.
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Santosh Kumar Shiva
3.0 out of 5 stars useful read
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014
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Got a wee bit text bookish . However has a lot of information on various aspects of Carnatic music .
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Andy
1.0 out of 5 stars Its clear the author has no idea about Carnatic music
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018
The author claims in depth knowledge about Carnatic music, but it is clear from first chapter that in reality it is very shallow and virtually devoid of soul of the beautiful music. It seems Mr. Krishna only had very superficial lessons and is passing off as an expert when he is clearly a novice. Avoid this book at all costs.
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Mac
1.0 out of 5 stars Confusing and distorted fact
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018
Confusing, distorted info and seems very biased
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M.C Kolkata
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
Reviewed in India on February 26, 2020
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Very Good Book...
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Rama Mathew
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on November 15, 2016
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Still to complete it
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SANTANU ROY
2.0 out of 5 stars ... just started reading the book and I am sorely disappointed. The book contains plenty of philosophical gibberish on ...
Reviewed in India on May 5, 2017
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I have just started reading the book and I am sorely disappointed.The book contains plenty of philosophical gibberish on aesthetics of music,which
though high sounding is absolutely empty and trash.To give a specific example when I was in my early 20s I was an ardent Beatles fan,now at 50
Beatles do not have much appeal for me,instead I have developed a liking for carnatic music,to say that both the experiences are same aesthetically
is naive and pre-posterous.I don't know anything about origin or technicalities of carnatic music and to know something about it I bought the book but so
far I have been disappointed,I got only philosophical trash.A Gandhi or Che do not need such trash for justification of their aesthetic preferences.I
want to write another review after I have finished reading the book and by then I hope to get some justification for giving my time behind the book
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T. V. Sridhar
1.0 out of 5 stars BORING
Reviewed in India on December 8, 2016
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Such a beautiful Theme, and what a waste this man has made of it. I have read books on South Indian Music in four languages (including English). and this is the most BORING, pedantic, uninspired and off-putiing. Don't waste your money on it
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vivek manjeri
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in India on April 18, 2016
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Not for easy reading. Prose is too complex to understand
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