Kirtana: Traditional South Indian Devotional Songs: Compositions of Tyagaraja, Muttusvami Diksitar and Syama Sastri

The author received her Ph.D. in musicology in 1970, Utrecht University, and has edited and translated Sanskrit texts on Indian musicology and conducted research on South Indian music performance. Here she provides an introductory essay on musical form in South India and biographies of three composers: Tyagaraja (1767-1847), Muttusvami Diksitar (1775-1835), and Syama Sastri (1762-1827). Most of the volume is devoted to their compositions presented in staff notation. The included CD contains 41 tracks. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)