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Professor '''N. Ramanathan''' (born 1946)<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=1998 |title=Back Matter |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/768630 |journal=[[Yearbook for Traditional Music]] |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |volume=30 |pages=218 |issn=0740-1558 |jstor=768630}}</ref> is a [[musicologist]] in [[India]]. He taught and guided research in the Department of Indian Music at the [[University of Madras]] since 1978, and retired in 2004.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Violin]] (South Indian Art Music) from [[Sri Venkateswara University]], [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]], and obtained his master's and Ph.D. degree in musicology at the [[Banaras Hindu University]], [[Varanasi]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He has produced many publications and has presented papers at seminars on the ''[[Sangita Ratnakara]]'' and the ''Brhaddesi''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}<br />
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==Major publications==<br />
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* ''Musical Forms in the Sangita Ratnakara''. Sampradaya, Chennai, 1999{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}<br />
* ''Vadi, Samvadi, Anuvadi, and Vivadi Svaras''. Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, 1983{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}<br />
* ''Influence of Sastra on Prayoga: The Svara System in the Post-Sangitaratnakara Period'' with special reference to south Indian music. The traditional Indian theory and practice of music and dance by Jonathan Katz.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://musicresearchlibrary.net/omeka/ Dr.N.Ramanathan's website musicology research website]<br />
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