4. INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
• Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent.
• The roots of the classical music of India are found in the Vedic literature of
Hinduism and the ancient Natyashastra
5. • Indian classical music has historically adopted and evolved with many regional
styles, such as the Bengali classical tradition.
• This openness to ideas led to assimilation of regional folk innovations, as well as
influences that arrived from outside the subcontinent.
• For example, Hindustani music assimilated Arabian and Persian influences.
• This assimilation of ideas was upon the ancient classical foundations such as raga,
tala, matras as well as the musical instruments.
6. GHARNA TRADITION
In Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), a gharānā is a system of social organisation
in the Indian subcontinent, linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and more
importantly by adherence to a particular musical style.
The word gharana comes from the Hindi word 'ghar'
which is derived from the Sanskrit word Griha, which
means 'house'. It typically refers to the place where the
musical ideology originated
7. FAMOUS INDIAN CLASSICAL ALBUMS
• Top 5 Indian Classical albums you need to have in your
record...
• Call of the valley by Hari Prasad Chaurasia. ...
• A night at the Taj Mahal by Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan. ...
• Raga Tilak Kamod/ Raga Bhairavi: by Ustad Vilayat Khan. ...
• Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia In concert. ...
• Raga Shyam Kalyan by V.G. Jog.
8. FATHER OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
• The most influential musician from the Delhi Sultanate period
was Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), sometimes called the father
of Hindustani classical music.
• Khusrau is credited for the invention of the sitar. At the time,
there were many versions of the Veena in India.
• He rechristened the 3 stringed Tritantri Veena as a Setar
(Persian for 3 stringed), which eventually became known as
the sitar.
9. 2 TYPES OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
• The two dominant genres of Indian music are North Indian Hindustani classical music, and
South Indian Carnatic classical music.
10. NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian
subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani,
shastriya sangeet.
Instruments most commonly used in Hindustani classical music are the sitar,
sarod, tambura, sahnai, sarangi, and tabla;
11. SOUTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (CARNATIC MUSIC)
• It is one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music that evolved from
ancient Sanatana dharma sciences and traditions, particularly the Samaveda.
• Instruments commonly used in Karnatak classical music include the vina, mrdangam, kanjira, and
violin.
12. INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE.
• Indian classical dance or Shastriya
Devesh is an umbrella term for various
performance arts rooted in Hindu musical
theatre styles, whose theory and practice can
be traced to the Sanskrit text Natya Shastra.
• The number of classical dances range from
eight to more, depending on the source and
scholar.
13. TYPES OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCES.
• The Sangeet Natak Academy recognizes eight –
Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Sattriya, Manipuri and Mohiniya
ttam.
• There have been many famous dancers in each Indian classical Dance form.
Some of them include;
• Bharatanatyam - Rukmini Devi, Padma Subrahmanyam, Vyjayanthimala, Sheema
Kermani etc.
• Kathak - Birju Maharaj, Nahid Siddiqui, Lacchu Maharaj, Gopi Krishna, Saswati Sen,
etc.
• Kathakali - Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, etc.
16. ELEMENTS OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE.
• Indian Classical Dances are comprised of three main components: Natya, Nritta, and Nritya.
• Natya: the theatrical dance art of India originating in the temple and still devoted largely to the
enactment of divine epics and embracing an elaborate system of body postures, hand gestures,
and foot movements.
• Nritta means pure dance , a presentation of rhythm through graceful movement of the body . It
always reflects the mood , Bhava and
• Nritya (Sanskrit: नृत्य, romanized: nṛtya), also referred to as Nritta', Nritta, Natana or Natya, refers to
"dance, act on the stage, act, gesticulate, play" in the Indian traditions.
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Bagchee, Sandeep. Nād: Understanding Rāga Music. ...
• Capwell, Charles. “The Music of India.” In Excursions in World Music. ...
• Reck, David R. ...
• And some help from Wikipedia.