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Pu Shri Sanskriti Sampada
₹850.00Author: Prabhakar Joshi and Pu Guruprasad Bhat
ಕನ್ನಡನಾಡಿನ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ, ಬಹುಶ್ರುತ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸ ಪು. ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಭಟ್ಟ [೧೯೩೯-೨೦೧೧] ಅವರ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಕುರಿತ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸಂಕಲನವಿದು. ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ನಿರ್ವಚನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಗದ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ವಿಸ್ತಾರ, ವೈವಿಧ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅರಿವಿನ ಆಗರವಾಗಿದ್ದ ಪು. ಶ್ರೀ. ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲ ಅರ್ಥಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ‘ದೇಸಿ’ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಘನ ಪಂಡಿತರು. ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ತುಳುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ. ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ, ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ, ಜಾನಪದ ವಸ್ತು-ಸಂಗತಿ, ನಂಬಿಕೆ-ನಡವಳಿಕೆ, ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ-ವಿಷಯ- ಇಂಥ ವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಲಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿ ಅನುಭವವಿದ್ದ ಅವರ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ, ನಿರೂಪಣ ಶೈಲಿ ಅನ್ಯತ್ರ ದುರ್ಲಭ ಎಂಬಷ್ಟು ಅನನ್ಯ.
ಅವರ ಬರಹಗಳ ಶಿರೋನಾಮೆಗಳ ಅವುಗಳ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತವೆ- ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳು, ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳು, ಕೋಣೆಗಳು, ಬಾವಿಗಳು, ಗುಡ್ಡಗಳು, ಕೊಡೆಗಳು, ತಿಂಡಿಗಳು, ಪ್ರಸಾದ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯ, ಹೂಮಾಲೆ, ತೋಡು-ಗುಂರ್ಪೆ-ಮದಕ, ದಾರಿಗಳು, ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಪ್ರಸಂಗಗಳು, ಪ್ರಸಂಗ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಸತ್ಯಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ವಿಧಾನಗಳು, ನಿಷೇಧ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರ, ಬೇಸಾಯದ ನುಡಿತಗಳು, ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತಗಳು, ಜಾತ್ರೆಗಳು, ಆಳುಪ ವಂಶ, ದಕ್ಷಿಣಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ವೀರ ಶೈವ ಧರ್ಮ, ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸನ ವಿವರ- ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ.ಪಾರಂಪರಿಕ ನೋಟ ಮತ್ತು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಸಂಶೋಧಕನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಗಳ ಸಮನ್ವಯ, ತುಂಬ ಸರಳ-ಸುಲಭ ರೀತಿಯ ನಿರೂಪಣೆ, ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಂಥ ದೀರ್ಘಕಾಲದ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ, ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಪರಿಶೀಲನ, ನೈಜ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಪ್ರೇಮದ ಒಳನೋಟಗಳು- ಇವೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದರೆ ಇವು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾರಸತ್ವ ಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ವಿಶೇಷವಾದ ಕೊಡುಗೆಯೆ ಸರಿ.ಪದಪದವಿಗಳ ಯೋಚನೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸ್ವಂತ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಗ್ರಂಥ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಮಾಡಿ, ಕೇತ್ರಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತೊಡಗಿಕೊಂಡು ಸುಮಾರು ಆರು ದಶಕಗಳ ಕಾಲ ‘ಬರಿಗಾಲ ಸಂಶೋಧಕ’ನಾಗಿ [ಬ್ಯಾರ್ಫೂಟ್ ರಿಸರ್ಚರ್] ಕ್ರಿಯಾಶೀಲರಾಗಿದ್ದವರು. ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ವೃತ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಬಂದ ವೇತನದ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ವ್ಯಯಿಸಿದವರು. ಒಬ್ಬ ಶಾಲಾಮಾಸ್ತರನಾಗಿ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರ ಮಟ್ಟದÀ ಸಾಧನೆ ಮಾಡಿದವರು. ಅನೇಕ ಸಂಶೋಧಕರಿಗೆ ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ಗ್ರಂಥ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಿದರು ಅವರ ಅಪ್ರಕಟಿತ ಬರಹಗಳ ಸಂಪುಟವು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಅಮುಲ್ಯ ಆಕಾರ ಗ್ರಂಥವೆನಿಸಲಿದೆ. -
Hitting The Right Notes—Hindi Cinema’s Golden Music
₹595.00Author: Manek Premchand
Hitting The Right Notes is a collection of stories that explores the great music that was once made in Hindi cinema, the musicians who made it happen, the instruments that were part of the narrative, and hundreds of associated ideas that confluenced to make it happen. In these pages there are essays on parallel harmony and counter-melody, as also on songs that end on a high pitch, and why they are made to do so. There are articles that attempt to demystify ghazals, with plenty of examples from our cinema. Other stories tell us about rhythmless songs the west calls senza misura, as also the significance behind background songs, with examples again. All such fascinating subjects are offered in a page-turning, reader-friendly way, and needless to say, the other, simpler subjects are also treated in the same absorbing fashion. Instances of such subjects would be songs featuring the horse-trot beats, the music of OP Nayyar and SD Burman, actresses playing the piano, the presence of the dance form called Laavni, and so on. All these stories are sparked by the myriad facets of our wonderful music, and many have not been offered earlier in any way, anywhere.
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Talat Mahmood – The Velvet Voice
₹550.00Talat Mahmood was one of the most important and significant singers of the golden era of Hindi film music. His songs are recalled by music lovers, generation after generation. The quality of his voice and the richness of his expression made him a great singer both in cinema and outside it. His melodies are a precious part of any music connoisseur’s repository and for several people around the world his is the most moving and soul-stirring voice ever. It’s a little known fact that as much as a third of his work is non-film recordings, which consists of several songs of absolutely stunning and magical melodies to touch the listener’s heart. There has never been someone quite like Talat till today and it is to his credit that he sang his songs softly and left deep impressions on our psyche. Because Talat Mahmood was handsome, he also acted in a few films, being cast opposite many beautiful ladies of the time, including Nutan, Suraiya, Nadira, Mala Sinha, Shyama et al. However, it is not as an actor but as a singer that he will be remembered. Inside the present work, tributes from his son and daughter find space. This is a focused effort to look at the life and times of this amazing singing-actor, seen from the perspective of many music lovers who either knew him or understood his music. His entire repertoire of songs is tabulated and can be readily referenced. Plus there is a great deal of trivia related to the films in which his songs were featured. This is one book on the gentleman singer in which the readers or music lovers will find everything they always wanted to know about Talat, presented in a fun-to-read way, while continuing to fulfill its task of being an exhaustive work of reference.