Vocal & Instrumental Music (Elective)

Semester-I, Paper - I

 History of Music-1

Unit-I Define the Following:-

i)  Nad, Swar,Sruti

ii)  Gamak , Pakad, Alamkar

iii)  Purvanga-Uttaranga , Gram, Murchhana

Unit-II Provide the Necessary Details:-

i) Writing a Gat/Bandish in Notation with Raga Details

ii) Origin & Evolution of Taal and its uses

iii) Brief study of Ancient Tala System

iv) Brief study of scholars of Indian Music & their Contribution: Bharat, Ahobal, Nanyadev, Dattil, Matang, Sarangdev.

                                                                        Semester-II, Paper-II

History of Music-II

 Unit-1 Define the Following

i)  Abirbhav, Tirobhav, Jati, Alpatva-Bahutva.

ii) Sthan, Giti , Gaan, Varna.

iii) Vadi, Anuvadi, Vibadi, Samavadi

Unit-II   Provide  the necessary details

I) Writing a Gat/Bandish in Notation with Raga details

ii) Complete Knowledge of North Indian & South Indian Tala.

iii) Comparative study of Carnatic & Hindustani Taal.

iv) Brief study of scholars of Indian Music & their Contribution:

                          Damodar Mishra, Somnath, Lochan, Ramamatya

  

                                                                             Semester-III, Paper - III

History of Music-III

  UNIT-1

Detailed study of Indian Music:-

i) Primitive Music.

ii) Vedic Music, Gandharva, Prabandha.

iii) Music in the Puran.

Detailed study of the following terms:-

i) Sandhiprakash Raga , Suddha, Chayalag & Sankirna Raga

ii) Saptak , Varna

iii) Raga , Upanga.

iv) Gat & its varities.

 UNIT-2

 Study of Indian Music in details:-

i) Dhrupad

ii) Dhamar

iii) Khayal

 Brief Note On the Life Sketches of Following Personalities of Music:-

i) Vyanketmakhi

ii) Srinivas

iii) Pt.Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

iv) Pt.Vishnu Digambar Palushkar

v) Khestra Mohan Goswami

vi) Jadubhatta

vii) Krishna Dhan Banerjee

viii) Ramprasanna Banerjee

i) Music in The Ramayan & Mahabharata period.

ii) Distinguish between Thata & Raga

iii) Merits & De-merits of Vaggeyakar , Gayak.

iv) Guru-Shishya Parampara Vs Institutional System of Music Education

v) General Study of Folk music of Bengal & Tripura.

Study of Gharanas:-

 i) Knowledge of Gharana System:  How & why the musical style of any particular family turned into a Gharana.

ii) Characteristic features of Gharana.

 UNIT-2

Study of Indian Music in details:-

i) Thumri

ii) Tappa

iii) Tarana

Brief Note On the Life Sketches of Following Musicians:-

i) Ramamatya

ii) Tyagaraja

iii) Muthuswami Dikshitar

iv) M.S.Subbulakshmi

v) Sourindra Mohan Tagore

vi) Pt.Ravi Shankar

vii) Pulin Debbarman

Semester-V, Paper - V

History of Music-V

 UNIT-1

 

Write short essay on the following:-

i) Place of Music in Fine Arts

ii) Utility of Various Teaching Aids in Musical Education

iii) Role of All-India-Radio & Doordarshan in the propagation of Indian Classical Music

iv) Significance of Notation System in Indian Classical Music

v) Tribes of Tripura & their songs

Study of Gharanas:-

History & Development of the Following Gharanas: Agra, Gwalior, Kirana, Senia, Patiyala, Vishnupur, Delhi.

UNIT-2

Knowing Aesthetics in detail:-

i)  Aesthetics: Its definition

ii)  Concept of Art

iii)  Relation between theories of Art & Aesthetics.

iv)  Classification of Art

Brief Note On the Life Sketches of Following Musicians:-

i) Ramamatya

ii) Tyagaraja

iii)  Muthuswami Dikshitar

iv)  M.S.Subbulakshmi

v)  Sourindra Mohan Tagore

vi) Pt.Ravi Shankar

vii) Pulin Debbarman