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The Vedas and Upanishads (4000–1000 BCE), as the earliest sources for study of the Indo-Aryan religion arriving from the northwest, convey information on sound and music. The oral texts are said to be the eternal embodiment of the primeval sound Om (Śabda-Brahman) that generated the universe.
INDIAN MUSIC The history of Indian music can be studied under three major periods like Ancient, Medieval and Modern. The era of Ancient music extends from the Vedic Age to period of Sangita Ratnakara, after which the medieval system of music evolved. Around 14th century it culminated in the bifurcation of the Indian music into two
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Apr 27, 2017 · Introduction. Home to more than 17 percent of the earth’s population today, India offers a dizzying diversity of musical traditions, practices, theories, and histories. They include innumerable regional, religious, folk, and tribal music, as well as popular and diasporic genres with global reach.
Sep 29, 2015 · A concise review essay that charts the major topics in research on music and Hinduism, including: sacred sound, aesthetics, music and worship, Sanskrit musical treatises, devotional music, and classical music.
This essay first outlines the theoretical roots of sacred sound in India, and then explains the connections between these and sacred music, aesthetics, the traditions of devotion, and finally to the modern Hindustani classical tradition.
Aug 19, 2021 · After introducing ancient Greek and Biblical narratives regarding the origins of music, including metaphysical concepts, narratives of music as Divine Gift, musical angels, and the sacred origin of the notes and scales, this article explores music in Hindu religion through the lens of theology.
Historians and other writers on India have ruminated about the possible nexus between Indian music and the music of other ancient civilizations. One significant example of global encounter that resulted from the dissemination of Buddhism resides in a musical instrument: the ovoid-shaped lute that we know as the oud/pipa/biwa, which originated ...
