History of Indian Music

From prehistoric times, there has been a tradition of music in India. In such countries, there is such an old and so rich tradition of music. It is believed that the music started in the Indus Valley Civilization, though the only evidence of this claim is that the bronze statue in the currency of a dance form of Baala and the practice of worship of Lord Rudra or Shiva of dance, drama and music. After the fall of the civilization of the Indus Valley, the state of Vedic music began, in which the worship of Lord and worship was done in the style of music with the accents of hymns and mantras. Apart from this, music has been the main influence of two Indian epics - Ramayana and Mahabharata. From India's cultural period to modern age, there has been tremendous change in the style and method of music. The great musicians of Indian music history such as Swami Haridas, Tansen, Amir Khusro etc. have contributed a lot in the advancement of Indian music, whose fame has been taught by music lovers such as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Bhimsen Guru Raj Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Prabha Atre, Sultan Khan etc. Has also been maintained in today's era.

In Indian music, it is believed that the inspiring Shiva and Saraswati of the music etc. are considered. It implies that humans can not develop such high art without any divine inspiration, only on their own strength.

Intensive introduction

In the Vedic age, 'Music' had become a place in the society. In the oldest text 'Rig Veda', the main instrument of Aryo Amod-Pramod has been told to music. The invention of many instruments is also said in the time of Rig Veda. In 'Yajurveda', the music was told as the means of livelihood of many people, then the Gaan Pradhan Ved 'Samved' came to be known as the original text of music. With the point of pronunciation in 'Samaveda', the words of seven verses are mentioned in the context of three more musical terms. The song of Samweed (Samgad) was very similar to the religious music of Mesopotamia, Feldia, Akkad, Sumer, Bareru, Asur, Sur, Jerusalem, Iran, Arabia, Finland and Egypt.

In the 'Ramayana' text of the North Vedic period, the description of songs of bhari, dundabhi, veena, mridang and pitcher etc. are found in the Mahabharata, with the magical effect of Krishna's flute. During the unknown, Arjun took the form of Brihnala to teach Uttara to music and dance. In addition to 'Tattriya Upanishad', 'Atteya Upanishad', 'Sathapatha Brahmin' of Puranic period, we also get acquainted with the compositions of 'Yajnavalkya-Ratna Pradipika', 'Pratibhishpradep' and 'Noradiya Education'. In the fourth century, Bharat Muni talked about music in only six chapters of 'Natyashastra'. These include descriptions of different instruments, their origin, methods of playing them, vowels, chords, rhythms and different periods. In this book, Bharat Muni has written freely on the qualities and the defects of singers and players. Later, six raga 'Bhairav', 'Hindol', 'Cashick', 'Deepak', 'Shrirag' and 'Medha' came in the publicity. Around 5th century, the important text 'Vahdhadee' by Matang Muni shows that till then people started to know about Ragas. Mathang Muni has called the Ragas to be sung by the people and made the compendium of 'Vraddhdev' for explaining the rules of the country's Ragas.

Matang was the first person to think well that the raga can not be created in less than four or five vowels. Panini's 'Ashtadhyayee' also mentions many things about many instruments such as Mridang, Jharsar, Hurda, and singers and dancers. In the 7th-8th century, 'Naradaik Education' and 'Music Makrand' were composed. According to the vowels in Raga in 'Music Makrand', they have been divided into different categories and the raga has been thought seriously, even at the time of singing.

In the eleventh century, Muslims brought Persian music with them. There has been a lot of change in Indian music by mixing them and our music systems. Raja-Maharaja of that era was also a lover of music and helped to refine his art by providing shelter to other musicians. There were 36 musicians in the court of the King of Akbar. The names of Tansen, Baijibawara, Ramdas and Tanrang Khaan of the same period are also known today. In the court of Jahangir, there were musicians like Khurramadad, Machu, Chhatar Khan and Vilas Khan. It is said that Shah Jahan used to sing well for himself and used to give the prizes by singing the singers with gold and silver coins. Another name of Mughal dynasty, Muhammad Shah Rangele, is still found in many old songs. Raja Mansingh of Gwalior was also a music lover. In his time, 'Dhrupad' has developed a special style of music. In the 12th century, musicologist Jaidev wrote a Sanskrit book titled 'Songgovind', which is also called 'Ashtpadi'. In the thirteenth century, Pandit Shringadev composed the 'Sangeetharatnakkar'. This book gives an in-depth study of the music of its era and music of Bharat and Matanga. Due to being composed in seven chapters, this useful treatise is also called 'Weekend'. In addition to 'Music Ratnakar' composed by Sharangdev, 'Music Abstract' by Vidyaranyan in the fourteenth century, 'Raga Tarangini' by Lokchan poet in the fifteenth century, 'Sadhgachndrodaya' by Pundariak Vittal in the 16th century, 'Swaram Kalanidhi' by Ramamati, in the seventeenth century 'Hriday Prakash' and 'Hriday Kautukam' by Hardunarayan Dev, 'Chaturndirprakashika', 'A' by Vyankkamkham 'Music mirror' by Damal Pandit, 'Anup Vilas' and 'Anup Vilas' by Bhavbhatt, by Damodar Pandit, 'Ashtutarshatal Mealam' by Somnath, and 'Raga Element Vidyavastha' by Shrinivas Pandit in the eighteenth century, by Tuljendra Bhosale The compositions of 'Music Saramatam' and 'Raga Laxman' were composed. Many saint poets like Swami Haridas, Vithal, Krishnadas, Tyagaraja, Muththusamy Dikshitar and Shyama Shastri also gave countless compositions to the music of North India and South India. It can be said that Indian music is the result of the efforts and experimentation of the centuries.