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Publications of the Scientific Research Department

The Department has published more than 100 scientific papers, concerning various aspects of speech, vocal and instrumental music, in different Indian and foreign journals. Scientists of the Department have presented papers in many national and international conferences and symposiums.
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Experimental Analysis of Shrutis from Performances in Hindustani Music by Asoke Kumar Datta, Ranjan Sengupta, Nityananda Dey and Dipali Nag. (103 pages)


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Nur Ratnakar

ITC-SRA has completed a unique Research Project to compile a bio-bibliographical survey of all accessible important writings on music, dance and theatre, in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Deshi, Apabhramsa, Brajbhasha and Urdu. The late Prof. Shahab Sarmadee of Aligarh conducted this survey, titled ‘Nur-Ratnakar’ in two parts.

Prof. Shahab Sarmadee was the only eminent musicologist in India who was an authority on Sanskrit as well as on the Persian and Arabic sources of the history of music. Volume I of this survey covers the social and cultural evolution from Panini’s time till 1399 A.D. It treads on hitherto uncharted terrain in the history of Indian Classical music and also critically examines well-known classics like the Natyashastra, Brihaddesi and Sangeetratnakar.
(651 pages).


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Amir Khusrau’s Prose Writings on Music

Writings on Turco-Iranian and Indian music of his time lead to a rich definition of music in medieval India, not only as a science but also as a fine art, in its theoretical and performing aspects, with some information on its etiquette and its aesthetic appreciation. (73 pages).


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Khayal Gharanas

The basis of this book is a thousand hours of bandishes of various artistes for the Ford Foundation Gharana Project. Analytical studies of various gharanas supported with illustrations from ITC SRA archives as well as the Ford Foundation project recordings in audio cassettes have been used as source material. (58 pages).


Publications of the Academic Research Department

ITC-SRA has been publishing an annual journal entitled, ‘Journal of ITC Sangeet Research Academy’ from 1980. This journal today figures in the collection of the US Library of Congress. The Sangeet Paridarshini Series of ITC-SRA takes care of the publication of scholarly and rare manuscripts to fulfill the task of widespread dissemination of musical scholarship. Besides these series, ITC SRA’s Academic Research Department also brings out other publications. A significant wing of the Academic Research function is the Annual Musicological Seminar, which has provided a unique platform for joint deliberations by musicians, musicologists, researchers, teachers and students, since the 1980’s.Papers presented at these seminars are compiled for publication at a later date. The Academic Research Department, responsible for all the publications, also takes care of the Newsletter Parampara


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Highlights of Ninãd, Journal of the ITC-SRA (Vol 26-27, December 2013):

Assessment of Visual Perception and Motor Functioning of Cerebrovascular Accident and Diffuse Head Injury Patients: Impact of Hindustani Ragas Shashi Bhushan Singh, Soubhik Chakraborty, Keashav Mohan Jha, Shanti Prakash and Satish Chandra
Linguistic approach to Music: The Case of Bangla Lyrical Songs Krishna Bhattacharya
A Framework for Understanding the Relation between Music and Emotions Amita Chatterjee and Dana Sugu
Measurement of Emotion Induced by Hindustani Music – A Human Response and Eeg Study Anirban Patranabhis, Shankha Sanyal, Archi Banerjee, Kaushik Banerjee, Tarit Guhathakurta, Nityananda Dey, Ranjan Sengupta and Dipak Ghosh
Distinguishing Raga-specific Intonation of Phrases with Audio Analysis Preeti Rao, Joe-Cheri Ross and Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli
Evolution of The Tala-dasa-prana Concept as seen in Musicological Works of The Vijayanagara Empire Arati Rao
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