Deepak Raja's world of Hindustani Music

Shree is amongst the oldest raga-s in the Hindustani art music pantheon. But, it is not clear whether the melodic entity currently identifie...

This essay is now published in my fourth book: Removing it from here was considered proper, though not contractually obligatory, in...

“The knowledge of music becomes an effective means of attaining one-ness with Lord Shiva; for by the knowledge of music, one attains to a s...

Dasgupta spoke to Deepak Raja on October 27, 1997 and December 3, 1998. I was born in 1933 at Bhagalpur in Bihar. My father was a govern...

Madhuvanti is a popular pre-sunset raga. Though it is possibly a raga of considerable antiquityl, its present nomenclature could be of recen...

Ashwini spoke to Deepak Raja on September 9, 2000, and August 13, 2001 In my family, we studied music just as we studied mathematics, gram...

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) was a genius who redefined music . He is regarded as the most daringly original (Western music) composer ...

Yashwant Buwa spoke to Deepak Raja on June 5, 2003 I was born and brought up in Pune. My father operated a couple of cabs in the city. H...

Deepak Raja's second book is a comprehensive study of khayal vocalism through the stylistic analysis of nineteen contemporary vocalists....

Though there are, indeed, raga-s by this name, Sampoorna Malkauns cannot be considered the name of a specific raga with well-defined melodic...