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 '''Brihaddeshi''' is a [[Classical Sanskrit]] text, dated ca. 6th to 8th century CE, on [[Indian classical music]], attributed to '''Mataṅga Muni'''. It is the first text to speak directly of the [[raga]] and to distinguish ''marga'' ("classical") from ''desi'' ("folk") music. It also introduced [[sargam (music)|sargam]] ''[[solfège]]'' (or ''solfa''), the singing of the first syllable of the names of the musical notes, as an aid to learning and performance. (The full names of the notes existed previously, for example as found in Natya Shastra.)
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 ==Editions==
-The text of Brihaddeshi was edited by [[Prem Lata Sharma]] for the [[Indira Kalakendra]] series of original texts on the Indian arts and was published as a book "Matanga and His Work Brihaddesi" in 1992. [[Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao]] published a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] translation and paraphrase in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/br/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000060302.htm |title=Treatise on music in The Hindu. |access-date=2010-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128094333/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/br/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000060302.htm |archive-date=2007-11-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+The text of Brihaddeshi was edited by [[Prem Lata Sharma]] for the [[Indira Kalakendra]] series of original texts on the Indian arts and was published as a book "Matanga and His Work Brihaddesi" in 1992. [[Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao]] published a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] translation and paraphrase in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/br/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000060302.htm |title=Treatise on music in The Hindu. |access-date=2010-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128094333/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/br/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000060302.htm |archive-date=2007-11-28 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
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'''Brihaddeshi''' is a [[Classical Sanskrit]] text, dated ca. 6th to 8th century CE, on [[Indian classical music]], attributed to '''Mataṅga Muni'''. It is the first text to speak directly of the [[raga]] and to distinguish ''marga'' ("classical") from ''desi'' ("folk") music. It also introduced [[sargam (music)|sargam]] ''[[solfège]]'' (or ''solfa''), the singing of the first syllable of the names of the musical notes, as an aid to learning and performance. (The full names of the notes existed previously, for example as found in Natya Shastra.)

The author based his work on [[Bharata Muni]]'s [[Natya Shastra]]. His discussion of [[scale (music)|musical scale]]s and micro-tonal [[interval (music)|interval]]s clarifies Bharata's work, and also clarifies Bharata's terse presentation of many issues related to [[shruti (music)|śruti]].

The text uses a two-dimensional ''prastāra'' (matrix) to explain how the 7 notes of the octave map into 22 śrutis, with varying distances between notes. It also says that a finer subdivision in [[microtone]]s has 66 śrutis; and that, in principle, the number of śrutis is infinite.

The text also speaks of the division of the octave into 12 [[swara|svara]]s. According to [[Prem Lata Sharma]], this is the first known text to speak of 12 notes.<ref name="Sharma">{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Prem Lata |title=Brhaddesi of Sri Matanaga Muni |date=1992 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |location=Delhi}}</ref>

==Editions==
The text of Brihaddeshi was edited by [[Prem Lata Sharma]] for the [[Indira Kalakendra]] series of original texts on the Indian arts and was published as a book "Matanga and His Work Brihaddesi" in 1992. [[Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao]] published a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] translation and paraphrase in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/br/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000060302.htm |title=Treatise on music in The Hindu. |access-date=2010-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128094333/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/br/2002/08/20/stories/2002082000060302.htm |archive-date=2007-11-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* {{Cite Grove |last=Katz |first=Jonathan |title=Mataṅga}}
{{Indian mathematics}}

[[Category:Hindu texts]]

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