Why I am interested in Indian Classical Music

I am primarily interested in the mathematical and theoretical aspects of Indian Classical music. In particular, I am not interested in the aesthetic, lyrical, religious, spiritual or social aspects of music, dance or drama---however exciting or relevant they may be.

My knowledge of Indian music comes from reading books and listening to the performances of the master (and the not-so-masterful) practitioners of the art. I occasionally post my brand of wisdom to the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.indian.classical.

Links to some of my (posted and unposted) articles (in an updated and reformatted form) can be found below. You should note that I (have at least tried to) rigorously use my own transliteration scheme for all Indian names and terms. It is unlikely that any material here will be useful to you unless you are familiar with the transliteration.

I welcome comments, criticisms and suggestions, especially regarding the contents of the articles. Send all communication to krishna@member.fsf.org.


[ Krishna Kunchithapadam ]


Last updated: Sun Jul 24 18:19:23 PST 2005
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