Sangeet Natak: silver jubilee volume/    
editor, H.K. Ranganath. 
 - New Delhi :   Sangeet Natak Akademi,   1981. 
 - 323 p. : 24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Sangeet Natak : a compilation of articles on music, aesthetics, dance and drama"--Title page verso.<br/>"... to present a basic picture of the many splendoured mosaic of the Indian performing arts ... " (Editor's note). 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/>MUSIC AND AESTHETIES<br/>An Aspect of Indian Aesthetics / H. S. Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Bahadur -- Aesthetics of Hindustani Musical Forms / Thakur Jaideva Singh -- Rasa Theory and Indian Music / Prem Lata Sharma -- Amir Khusro / Qamar Rais --  Martial Musical Instruments of Ancient India / K. V. Shakuntala -- Tagore's Thoughts on music : Dimensions of Appreciation / Sitansii Ray -- Aesthetics of some Karnataka Musical forms / V. V. Sadagopan -- Venkatamakhi and the Raga system / N. R. Ramachandran -- Sri Thyagaraja / T. L. Venkatarama Aiyar -- Thyagaraja and Purandara Dasa / S. Sreenivasa Rao -- Compositions of Sri Swati Tirunal / S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer -- The Music of the Tiruppugazh / T. S. Parthasarathy -- The Social function of Indian music / M. R. Gautham--<br/><br/>DANCE<br/>Bhagavata Mela Dance-Drama of Bharatha Natya / E. Krishna Iyer -- History and Technique of Odissi Dance / D. N. Pattnaik -- The Aesthetics of Kathakali / Krishna Chaitanya -- Aesthetics of Kathak Dance / Sushi I Kumar Saxena -- Dance and Ritual in Manipur / Mohan Khokar -- Choreography / Mrinalini Sarabhai -- Common errors in Dance / Kapila Vatsyaya -- <br/><br/>DRAMA<br/>Koottampalam : Sanskrit Stage of Kerala / Goverdhan Panchal -- Traditional Theatre / J. C. Mathur -- Traditional Theatre / Suresh Awasthi -- Contemporary Relevance of Traditional Theatre / A Round Table -- Towards a Professional Theatre / Adya Rangacharya  -- Contemporary Indian Plays / Satya Dev Dubey -- Traditional Indian Puppetry / Devi Lai Samar -- <br/><br/>THE REGIONAL SCENE<br/>Ballads and Folk Narratives of Madhya Pradesh / Shyam Parmar -- The Music of Kashmir / Mohanlal Aima -- Songs of Kumaon / Mohan Upreti -- The Drum-Beat in Santhal Culture / Phatik Chandra Hembram -- Classical Music in Assam / Maheshwar Neog -- Gotipua Dancers of Orissa / Sunil Kothari -- The Veethi Bhagavatara of Andhra / V. Raghavan -- Yakshagana Bayalaia /  K. S. Upadhyaya -- Mask Dances of Bengal / Asutosh Bhattacharya -- Kashmiri Theatre : Three decades / Makhanlal Saraf -- Marathi Tamasha : Yesterday and Today / Dhyaneshwar Nadkarni -- Ramlila in Ramnagar / Balwanth Gargi -- Mudiettu / Govind Vidyarthi --<br/><br/>GREAT MASTERS<br/>Ustad Alauddin Khan / Susheela Misra -- T. N. Rajaratnam Pillai / T. Shankaran -- Bal Gandharva / K. T. Deshmukh --Uday Shankar / Rajendra Shankar -- Ojha Amubi : My Guru / Kapila Vatsyayan -- Guru Kunju Kurup / M. K. K. Nayar --  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music -- India -- History and criticism.<br/>Performing arts -- India.<br/>Aesthetics, Indic.<br/>Music.<br/>Performing arts.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.0954  / RAN/S