Review: Saptaka — Writings on Music by M. A. Dhanky

Vol XXII, 1998 REVIEW 249 these suggestions he has clarified towards the conclusion of the chapter that since this drama was unique some of the members of the audience may have got the text copied and the process might have been responsible for the flaws noticeable at present Further, the author has no intention to

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मधुसूदन ढाकी के सात गुजराती निबन्ध संगीत पर हैं — उत्तर और दक्षिण भारतीय गायन-प्रशिक्षण की तुलना, रक्ति तथा श्रुति का सूक्ष्म स्वरूप, राग मालकौंस का मूल नाम हिंडोलम् में खोजना, वादन पर गायन की श्रेष्ठता, और तीन संगीतज्ञों के चरित। समीक्षक इसे विरली कलासमीक्षा कहते हैं। M. A. Dhaky's seven Gujarati essays on music compare Hindustani and Carnatic training, examine rakti and the elusive sruti, trace raga Malkauns to Hindolam and the ancient suddha scale, defend the primacy of singing over instruments, and sketch three musicians. Kansara calls it rare genuine art criticism.

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