MUSIC
(21 June World Music Day)
Music is sound with rhythm melody harmony
It's a result of versatile human creativity
It appears in culture east or west
It is present in every language at best.
Music is present since prehistoric times
It has religious and philosophical beliefs
Classical folk or non formal music types
It is heard through human voice or instruments.
Initially music confined to nobility
Romantic era sought the wealthy
Several genres came in compositions
Modernism brought innovations.
Music joined other forms artistic
Opera combined drama with music
Dance could not go without a song
Music has sustained for long.
Lord Shiva taught music dance to
Brahma
Brahma passed on to Muni and Gandharva
Narada Muni passed on to Sage Bharata
Bharata popularized it in Bharata khanda.
Indian music present since Vedic times
Samaveda has hymns set to rhythmic melodies
Initially there were religious chants
Temples gave songs in praise of gods.
Mughal kings wanted entertainment
Amir Khusrau was a singer and a poet
He composed and sang Sufi songs
And started Qawwali style events.
Purandara dasa composed and sang with melody rhythmic
This came to be called Carnatic music
Tansen followed similar attempts in Sufi compositions
Thus founded Hindustani style expositions.
Now we have classical and modern styles
Film songs appear in both these forms
Rap is when words repeated rapidly rhythmically
Rapping is new style popular universally.
Music supposedly calms the mind
And brings cheer to body in kind
It fosters unity and culture exchange
It is healthy medicine for a change.
- Gopinath S
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