subject: Review Of Book: "the Music Of India" [print this page] Review of Book: "The Music of India" Review of Book: "The Music of India"
This book titled "The Music of India" by H.A.Popley is one the master piece part of "THE HERITAGE INDIA" series, last published in 1996 and first published in 1921.
Since this book was written during the British days, this book attempts to give a crystal clear image of Indian Music to the then European communities as well as to educate Indians away from the essence of Indian Music.
The aim of the writers (H.A Popley, Coomaraswamy A, Ragni) was to invoke keen interest of people inclined towards music and inspire them to love Indian music to such an extend that they spread the Indian music culture and genres by means of musical societies and learning schools.
The information provided is an accurate survey of main stream Indian musical instruments, Indian ragas, the Indian music time scales, it's history and it's comparative study with the western music style and culture.
This book has relevant definitions with expository passages of great length to impress on each topic in Indian music; therefore, this book is piece of work relevant in today's context also for getting started to learn on Indian music.
Yes, music in India has changes a great deal and this book was written when Indian motion picture industry did not exist. Books like these must have been great starting point for many people who got started the motion picture industry in India.
This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. I believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, publishers have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
