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T>HE JOURNAL MUSIC ACADEMY T>HE JOURNAL OF Y < r f . MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS A QUARTERLY IrGHTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE ' AND ART OF MUSIC XXXVIII 1967 Part.' I-IV ir w > \ dwell not in Vaikuntha, nor in the hearts of Yogins, ^n- the Sun; (but) where my Bhaktas sing, there L ^ Narada ! ” ) EDITED BY v. RAGHAVAN, M.A., p h .d . 1967 PUBLISHED BY 1US1C ACADEMY, MADRAS a to to 115-E, MOWBRAY’S ROAD, MADRAS-14 bscription—Inland Rs. 4. Foreign 8 sh. X \ \ !• ADVERTISEMENT CHARGES \ COVER PAGES: Full Page Half Page i BaCk (outside) Rs. 25 Rs. 13 Front (inside) 99 20 .. 11. BaCk (Do.) 30 *# ” J6 INSIDE PAGES: i 1st page (after Cover) 99 18 io Other pages (eaCh) 99 15 .. 9 PreferenCe will be given (o advertisers of musiCal ® instruments and books and other artistic wares. V Special positions and speCial rates on appliCation. t NOTICE All correspondence should be addressed to Dr. V. Ragb Editor, Journal of the MusiC ACademy, Madras-14. Articles on subjects of musiC and dance are accepte publication on the understanding that they are Contributed to the Journal of the MusiC ACademy. f. AIT manuscripts should be legibly written or preferabl; written (double spaced—on one side of the paper only) and be sigoed by the writer (giving his address in full). I The Editor of the Journal is not responsible for tb expressed by individual contributors. AH books, advertisement moneys and cheques du> intended for the Journal should be sent to Dr. V, B Editor. CONTENTS Page T XLth Madras MusiC Conference, 1966 OffiCial Report ... ... 1— 58 T Music in the Chant of Sama Veda Hymns by“Dr. T. S. Ramakrishnan ... ... 59— 62 SLingappa’s Compositions by Sri V. Ramachandra Naidu ... 63— 71 Iims of India through the Ages by S. Krishnaswami, A.l.R. ... ... 72— 82 hayambaka by Sri L. S. Rajagopalan ... ... 83—102 ijiaritan Chant by Dr. Spector, New York ... 103—112 dmparative Study of Tala Systems of Hindustani * and Karnatak MusiC by Dr. S. N. Ratanjankar 113—129 he Place of Rhythm in Art by Prof. R. Srinivasan, Trivandrum 130—131 ,'erception of Rhythm by Dr. B. Chaitanya Deva ... ... 132—135 'he Panchavadya by iS. Venkitasubramonia Iyer ... 136—141 Two New Kritis of Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar by Veenai Vidvan A. Sundaram Iyer 142—150 Propriety of Dividing an OCtave into Twenty-two Srutis, Septimal Frequency Ratios and Twenty- two Sruti SCale by Dr. H. V. Modak ... ... 151—164 B o o k -R ev iew s : Psycho-acoustics of MusiC and SpeeCh: K. R. Raja­ gopalan, Sikh SaCred MusiC: V. R. ... 165—173 In Mbmoriam ... 174—175 ;HE XLth MADRAS MUSIC CONFERENCE 1966 OFFICIAL REPORT — r The Opening Day 18th December, 1966 The XLth ConferenCe and Music Festival of the Mad<^$~ siC ACademy were held in the Academy’s premises, 115-E, iwbrays Road, Royapettah, Madras-14 from 18th December 6 to 1st January 1967. * Vidvan Palghat Sri T. S. Mani Iyer presided over the t nferenCe and His ExCellenCy Sardar Ujjal Singh, Governor of dras opened the ConferenCe. There was a large audience and /.cademy’s Auditorium was filled with musiCians and musiC olars from all over India and also from foreign countries, ides Members of the Academy and special invitees. Opening FunCtion On arrival at the premises of the Academy, the Governor daf Ujjal Singh and Sardarini Ujjal Singh were reCeived by the ce-bearers of the Academy. He was introduced to the :sident of the Conference, other musicians and Members of the eCutive and Expert Committees of the Academy. After a group }to, the Governor was led to the Auditorium. The proceedings began with prayer by the students of the iChers* College of the Music ACademy. Messages ' Sri R. Ranganathan, Secretary, then read the messages eived for the suCCess of the Conference. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, President of India sent his best wishes : the suCCess of the Conference. He said, “ The President is ^d to know that the 40th Annual ConferenCe of the Madras isiC ACademy will be held from the 18th December 1966. He (ds his best wishes for its success.” .'D r. Zakir Hussain, Vice-President of India, said in his ^ssage: 2 THH JOURNAL OV THB MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY [VOL. XXXVIII " I am glad to know that the 40th Annual Conference of the Madras MusiC Academy will be held from the 18th of December. I send my best wishes for the suCCess of the Conference." His Highness, Maharaja Jaya Chamaraja Wadiar wrote : " I am extremely happy to know that the 40th Conference of the MusiC ACademy will be held from the 18th December 1966 to the 1st of January 1967 and Sardar Ujjal Singh, Governor of Madras will be opening the Conference. I wish the Madras MusiC Academy all suCcess." Their Excellencies Sri Biswanath Das, Governor of U. P., Sri Nityananda Kanungo, Governor of Gujarat, and Sri V. V. Giri, Governor of Mysore, sent messages. Sri Nityanand Kanungo, Governor of Gujarat, said in the Course of his message: " My Congratulations to MusiC ACademy on its excellent activities and all good wishes for suCCess of its Fortieth Conference." '■■■■ Sri V. V. Giri, Governor of Mysore, said in his message: I am glad that the 40th Annual Conference of the Madras MusiC ACademy is being celebrated on the 18th. I know the excellent work which your ACademy is rendering and during December it provides many treats to the people of Madras. In faCt, people from other parts of South also come to Madras all the way to hear and enjoy the musiC. I am sure in the coming years your ACademy will grow from strength to strength. I send my best wishes for the suCCess of your Annual Conference." ‘ - The Hon’ble Sri M. Bhaktavatsalam, Chief Minister of Madras, writes:— "The Music ACademy has, sinCe its inception, functioned as the repository of the best musiC and danCe traditions of Tamil Nad. No wonder the annual musiC festival of the ACademy is being looked forward to by all lovers of musiC and dance in the City of Madras. I have no doubt that the 40th Annual Conference of the MusiC ACademy will help preserve and foster our rich heritage.” PtS. I-IV] THE Xl.th MADRAS music conference 3 The following Ministers at the Centre sent messages: Sri O. V. Alagesan, Sri C. R. Pattabhiraman, Sri D. Sanjee- viah, Sri K. L. Rao, the Deputy Minister for Iron and Steel, and the Deputy Minister for Health. Hon’ble Sri S. Nijalingappa, Chief Minister of Mysore, an & Sri B. V. Jatti and Sri M. V. Rama Rao, Ministers of Mysore, and Sri M. R. Appa Rao and Sri M. N. Lakshminarasiah, Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, sent their good wishes. The Hon’ble Sri R. Venkalaranian, Minister of Industries, Madras, who inaugurated the previous year’s ConferenCe said in his message : “ The MusiC ACademy has a loDg and continuous re­ cord of serviCe in preserving the purity and tradition of Karnatic Music. Vidvan Sri Palghat Mani Iyer, the most outstanding percussion instrumentalist, has made original and distinguished Contribution by the mastery of his technique and it is but fitting that the Governor should inaugurate this Session.” Sri N. S. S. Manradiar, Minister for Co-operation, Madras, referred to the unfailing annual budget for ClassiCal musiC and danCe with whiCh the MusiC ACademy has established for itself a position of preeminence in the field of Fine Arts and wishes all suCCess to this year’s Conference. The Hon’ble Sri S. Chella Pandian Conveyed his good wishes to the Academy. Sri S. N. Mozumdar, Vice-Chairman, Central Sangeet Nataka Akademi, said in his message: “ The very fact that this will be the 40th session speaks volumes. I do not know of any other ConferenCe related to the three arts whiCh has met year after year, served its purpose and served so suCCessfully. The two features of your Conference have speCial Connotation—the reveal­ ing of young talent and the other to identify the affinities between the Karnatic and the Hindustani Music.” Dr. V. K. Narayana Menon, Director-General, All-India Radio, referred to the high standards whiCh the ACademy had already set for itself and wished that the Institution would keep up those standards, ' 4 THB JOURNAL OF THB MADRAS MUSIC "ACADBMY [VOL. XXXVII Prof. M- S. Thacker of the Planning Commission sent h| best wishes. Sri C. V- Narasimhan, Chief of the Cabinet of U.N., Newl York, said in his message that in honouring Mani Iyer the Musiy ACademy was honouring a person who was not only a musical genu* in the true sense of the word but also a person of deep humilit>Jj He was pleased that the 40th Conference would be presided bif this outstanding artist who had brought credit to the musidj tradition in India and abroad. 9 ; Mrs. Henry Cowell, wife of the composer who had founded *5 prize for Mridangam in the ACademy, sent her heartiest greetings* and admiration to the ACademy and her respectful salutations to the Governor of Madras who was opening the Conference. She referred to her late husband's interest in Mridangam and the appropriateness of South India’s foremost Mridangam Vidvan presiding over this session and sent him her respectful greetings.^ Prof. Willard Rhodes of the Music Department of Columbia^ University who participated in the previous, year’s ConferenCe® and was attached to the ACademy in his further studies on Indian; MusiC, said in his message that his experienCe of the 39th Conference had been a memorable one and had added a new dimension to his understanding and appreciation of the music ol India.
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