Shaping Of An Ideal Carnatic Musician Through Sadhana

Book Code: 1111008613656

Pantula Rama

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is an endeavor to represent the mind of a musician seeking the ideal. In the process there has been a journey into the past and a peep into the future to arrive at a balance for an ideal present. Dr. Pantula Rama has been bestowed with the greatest of boons in form of her family background of music and her Guru Sri Ivaturi Vijayeswara Rao, who created an insight required for this work. Rama, chose to interview 13 maestors of the field who are the bridging brigade for the past and the present. Their valuable views have been presented in this research work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pantula Rama, highly accomplished Carnatic Musician in Vocal and Instrumental Music (Violin and Viola). Rama is a disciple of the stalwart musician Sri. Jvaturi Vijayeswara Rao.

Contents

Introduction • Objectives of the Present Study • Methodology • Learning Carnatic Music • Physical Practice • Analytical Sadhana of Compositions Dhatu and Matu and their Samanvayam • Manodharma Sangeetam • Laya Gnanam • Listening and Observation • a Lakshana Gnanam as an Aid to Lakshya Sadhana • Teaching for Self Development and to become Complete Musicin • Concert Planning and Execution • Role of Age Factors and the Requisite Sadhana • Influence of Social and Socio-Economic Factors with Reference to Sadhana • Conclusion • Appendix- A, B, C, • Bibliography.