Guest guest Posted July 8, 2001 Report Share Posted July 8, 2001 Dileep Karanth wrote: >I am trying to find a satisfying etymology for the >word 'nagasvaram' (the South Indian oboe). I have >still not been able to resolve the following. The word nAdasvaram is also popular, On *nAgasvaram* please check: a) V. Raghavan, Nagasvara, Jl. of Music Academy (Madras), v. 20, 1949, p. 155-159. b) L. Isaac, The Nagasvara: its origin and evolution, Jl. of Madras university, vol. 44, 1972, p. 167-182 c) William Skelton, Nagasvaram and the South Indian Hindu festival, Asian music, 2, 1, 1970 d) Nazir Jairazbhoy "A Preliminary Survey of the Oboe in India" , Ethnomusicology, xiv: 375-8 8 (1970) e) Nazir Jairazbhoy, "The South Asian Double-Reed Aerophone Reconsidered" , Ethnomusicology xxiv/1: 147-55 (January 1980) f) Yoshitaka Terada, Multiple interpretations of a charismatic individual: the case of the great Nagasvaram musician, T. N. Rajarattinam Pillai. PhD thesis, 1992, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, 361p. will have some more ref.s. If you read these or find more ref.s or thru' your research, tell what Prof. V. Raghavan says on the name, nAgasvaram and more. Regards, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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