MADRAS A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCt&NCE AND AM* OF MUftC Vol. XXX 1959 Parts I-IV • rtt TOTfir I nwfar *nr fay**- -**5 it "I dwell not in Vaikuntha, nor in the hearts of Yogins, nor itf'the Sun; where my Bhaktas sing, there be I, Narada! ” EDITED BY V. RAGHAVAN, M.A.. PH.D. 1960 PUBLISHED BY THE MUSIC ACADEMY, MADRAS 115.E, MOWBRAY’S ROAD, MADRAS-14. Annual Subscription—Inland Rs. 4. Foreign 8 sh. Post paid. THE JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC The Indi*nB*frm:- ■** The resumption OPINIONS ; of the Journal !■ an event of'.the first ' The Oriental Literary Digest, Poona, npiagpitudnih the^tnaslcai] world.1’ ; 7 writes: The Hindu: "The -revival of this . 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CONTENTS Pages The XXXIInd Madras Music Conference, 1958, Official Report 1—48-J Devi Prabhava Kirtanas of Sri Tyagaraja (in Tam il): M. Subrahmanya Iyer, Pudukkottai 49—62 Svarasthanas and their Nomenclature : S. Ramanathan 6 3 -69 Ideals in Violin Technique in relation to Karnatic Music : C. S. Iyer 70—77 Melodic Tensions and Musical Aesthetics: R. C. Mehta 78—86 Tillana (in Tamil) T. JV. C. Venkata Narayanacharyulu 87—91 History of the Music tradition of Maharashtra with special reference to Dasopant’s Padas: G. H. Ranade 92—100 Some aspects of Kathak Dancing : Nirmala Joshi 101—105 The Vaishnava Music of Assam : Maheswar Neog 106—116 The Choral Music of Yugoslavia : Mirka Pavlovich 117—124 The Process of Vina-fretting : Smt. Vidya Shankar 125—129 Notes—Music of Java 130—132 Two New Kritisof Sri Muthusvami Dikshitar : Edited by A. Sundaram Iyer 133—137 A Rare Tillana of Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer : Edited by Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer 138—139 CONTENTS A Tamil composition of Ramaswami Iyer of Tiruvayyaru : Edited by Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer ... 140—141 Some Padas in Notation : Edited by T. Visvanathan ... 142—149 A Further note on the Date of Subhankara Kavi: Maheswar Neog ... 150—154 Book Reviews: V. Raghavan (Ed.), Sarvadeva Vilasa: P. Samba- moorthy ; C. Ramanujachari and V. Raghavan, The Spiritual Heritage of Tyagaraja : R. Srinivasan ; Srimati T. Balasarasvati and V. Raghavan, Bharat a Natyam\ G. Venkatachalam ... 155—160 Index to the Journal of the Music Academy, Vols. 21-30 ... App. i-xlix NOTICE All correspondence should be addressed to Dr. V. Raghavan, Editor, Journal of the Music Academy, Madras-14. Articles on subjects of music and dance are accepted for publication on the understanding that they are contributed solely to the Journal of the Music Academy. All manuscripts should be legibly written or preferably type­ written (double spaced—on one side of the paper only) and should be signed by the writer (giving his address in full). The Editor of the Journal is not responsible for the views expressed by individual contributors. All books, advertisements, moneys and cheques due to and intended for the Journal should be sent to Dr. V. Raghavan, Editor- THE XXXIInd MADRAS MUSIC CONFERENCE 1958 OFFICIAL REPORT THE OPENING DAT 20th December 1958 The XXXIInd Annual Conference of the Music Academy, Madras, was held in a special pandal erected in the grounds of the P. S. High School, Mylapore, Madras, on 20th December 1958. His Excellency Sri Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras, opened the Conference and the connected series of music and dance performances, and Vidwan G.N. Balasubrahmanyam, B.A.(Hons.), presided over the Conference and its Experts’ Committee meetings. The Conference was attended by musicians and musi­ cologists from other parts of the country and from abroad. The opening function was attended by distinguished visitors, members of Government, High Court Judges, musicians and rasikas. On arrival, H. E. the Governor was received by Sri Kasturi Srinivasan, Vice-President, and Dr. V. Raghavan, Secretary, and was introduced by them to Vidwan G. N. Balasubrahmanyam, President-elect of the Conference, other members of the Executive Committee and the Experts’ Committee of the Academy. There was a Group photc of the Office-bearers and the musicians and Experts of the Academy after which the Governor was led to the Dais. After prayer by Srimatis Visalakshi and Hemavati, Mr. K. Soundararajan, Secretary, said messages had been receiv­ ed from the Governors of Bombay, Orissa, Assam, Punjab, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, the Maharajas of Travancore, Cochin and 5 THE JOURNAL OF THE MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY [VOL. XXX Bhavanagar and Ministers of Union Government and from foreign musicians and musicologists, who included Dr. Henry Cowell, Dr. Mantle Hood and Dr. Jaap Kunst. Mr. J.C. Mathur, Director- General of the All India Radio, in his message, stated that the Music Academy had restored dignity and prestige to the profession of music artistes, and the research work done under its auspices had contributed substantially to a proper appreciation of our musical heritage. Welcome Address Sri. Kasturi Srinivasan read and presented an address of welcome, on behalf of the President and members of the Academy, to the Governor.