The author had realised the necessity of having such a vast music dictionary, the first of its kind in Hindustani Sastriya Sangita, not only for the students but also for the masters of music. This handy dictionary deals with all technical terms of music used in Sastras, as will as colloquially. It helps to understand many difficult aspects and theories of music explained in an easy manner. Dealt in Bengali alphabetically, it explains origin and evolution from Vedic era of svaras, srutis, gramas, murcchanas, ragas, talas, notation systems and later developments like gharana systems etc., along with all relevant words related to these. In this book, many thenical terms of Arabic, Persian and Western origin have found place. Original in the parts in Bengali, it has been presented in our volume in English version for reference.

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