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Professor N. Ramanathan (born 1946)[1] 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]

Biography[edit | edit source]

He obtained a bachelor's degree in Violin (South Indian Art Music) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, and obtained his master's and Ph.D. degree in musicology at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.[1]

He has produced many publications and has presented papers at seminars on the Sangita Ratnakara and the Brhaddesi.[citation needed]

Major publications[edit | edit source]

  • Musical Forms in the Sangita Ratnakara. Sampradaya, Chennai, 1999[citation needed]
  • Vadi, Samvadi, Anuvadi, and Vivadi Svaras. Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, 1983[citation needed]
  • 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]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Back Matter". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 30. Cambridge University Press: 218. 1998. ISSN 0740-1558. JSTOR 768630.

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