N. Ramanathan

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.

Biography

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.

Major publications

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Back Matter". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 30. Cambridge University Press: 218. 1998. ISSN 0740-1558. JSTOR 768630.