The Music of Hindostan c20.s6: Grace
The Music of Hindostan c20.s6
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Grace
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22. Richard Simon, *The Musical Compositions of Somanātha critically edited with a table of notations* [Lithographed MS. in Nāgari]. Leipzig, 1904. pp. ii, 33.
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23. Richard Simon, *Die Notationen des Somanātha*. A reprint from the *Sitzungsberichte d. Königl. Bayer. Akad. der Wissenschaften*, 1903. Heft III. 2 plates [facsimile]. Munich. These give the system of grace-notes adopted in the Rāgavibodha, with full explanations. The great authority on this subject (and on much else) is said to be a book in Telugu by Subrama Dikshitar of Ettyapuram, Tinnevelly; and there is a work in Bengālī by S. M. Tagore, *Yantraksetradipika*, Calcutta, 1872, on grace as performed on the Satār, 317 pages with many musical examples. See also H. P. Krishna Rao, *First steps in Hindu music*. 1906. Weekes & Co. pp. 52.
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NOTATION.
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24. O. Abraham und Erich M. v. Hornbostel, *Vorschläge für die Transkription exotischer Melodien*, Journal of the International Musical Society, Year XI, pt. 1, p. 1. Leipzig, 1909. 24 pages.
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25. Charles S. Myers, *The Ethnological Study of Music*, in *Anthropological Essays presented to E. B. Tylor*, pp. 235–54. Oxford, 1907.
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These two contain useful suggestions for investigators and collectors of songs in extra-European systems.
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26. S. M. Tagore, *Victoria-Sāmrajyan*. Sanskrit stanzas on various dependencies of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Empress of India. Calcutta, 1887 [30 plates of unnamed instruments].
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The melodies purport to belong to the various countries, and they are noted according to the Bengālī system, in Nāgari characters and also in staff notation.
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See also Nos. 23, 42, 43, 46.
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POETICAL METRE.
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27. Albrecht Weber, *Indische Studien*, the eighth volume of the *Beiträge für die Kunde des indischen Altertums*. Berlin, 1863. pp. xii, 468, and index.
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A critical study of the earliest authorities, contains quotations from Sanskrit works relating to the earliest forms of the scale.
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28. Rudolf Westphal, *Allgemeine Metrik der indogermanischen und semitischen Völker*. Berlin, 1893. pp. x, 502, and index.
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29. Monier Williams, *A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language*, pp. 392–7. 4th edition. Oxford, 1877.
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30. H. T. Colebrooke, *Miscellaneous Essays*. 1st edition. London, 1837. 2nd edition. Madras, 1872. 2 vols. I, pp. x, 419, 23. II, pp. 531, 31.
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31. S. H. Kellogg, *A grammar of the Hindi language*. 2nd edition. pp. xxxi, 584. London, 1893.
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An account of Hindi metre at the end of the book gives examples (in Nāgari) of the Dhrūpad, Thumri, and others.
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³² Hermann Oldenberg, *Zur Geschichte der vedischen Anuṣṭubh*. *Zeitschrift d. d. morg. Gesellschaft*. Vol. 54. pp. 181–94.
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³³ Josef Zubaty, *Der Bau der Triṣṭubh- und Jagati-Zeile im Mahābhārata*. *Zeitschrift d. d. morg. Gesellschaft*. Vol. 43. pp. 619–52.
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34. Hermann Jacobi, *Über die Entwickelung der indischen Metrik in nachvedischer Zeit*. *Zeitschrift d. d. morg. Gesellschaft*. Vol. 38. pp. 590–619. Leipzig, 1884.
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35. Hermann Jacobi, *Zur Kenntniss der Āryā*. *Zeitschrift d. d. morg. Gesellschaft*. Vol. 40. pp. 336–42.
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36. Charles S. Myers, *A study of rhythm in primitive music*. Reprint from the *Journal of Psychology*, vol. i, pt. 4. pp. 10. Cambridge, 1905.
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37. Hermann Oldenberg, *Die Hymnen des Rigveda*. Berlin, 1888. Bd. I. pp. vii, 545. Chap. i (pp. 1–190) deals with Vedic metres.