CH – Raga CDs of the months (01/13): Music & Language (part 1 of 2)

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The relationship between music and language, between sounds and the spoken word or vocals is a very special one.

Busto di Pitagora. Copia romana di originale greco. Musei Capitolini, Roma. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))

The grammarians of Sanskrit, the ancient Indian science language regard music and language as divergent aspects of one and the same phenomena.

With Indian classial music (Hindustani, Carnatic) there is a multiplicity in common under the topic to “music and language “, which is the bases of the occidental harmonics, dated back to the founder of the mathematical analysis of music by Pythagoras of Samos who had evidenced empirically the harmonic intervals – approximately written before 500 B.C. .

Music seems to be reflected far less vaguely in us than it had been granted so far. Rather our perceptions of sounds are defined very exactly by outlined possibilities and borders. The audiomental system has greater importance than one had assumed recently.

dates of broadcasting…

part 1: 14th Jan 2013 | part 2: 28th Jan 2013 – 04:00 pm EST (10:00 pm CET) @ Radio RaSA (CH)
(premiere: 16th March 2010 (part 1) | 20th April 2010 – 09:00 pm CET @ Tide Radio)
broadcasting plan | streaming (Internet Radio & Mobile Radio) | podCast

As shown by recent studies the perception of music and ‘music making’ incorporate nearby almost all regions of the brain. The widespread acceptance that music is processed in the right brain hemisphere and language in the left had completely been wrong. The current research shows that language and music are assimilated almost identically. The profound emotional content of music, from felicity to sadness affects particularly stimulating our brain and also produces frequently physically intensively perceptible reactions to the listener.

Music settles visibly in our life, in brain activities which are measurable nowadays and made vividly visible with modern medical imaging techniques e.g. (functional) magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) or Magnetoencephalography (MEG), see picture below.

In part 1 of 2 IMC – India meets Classic presents the structure of music & language. The  following broadcasting (part 2) will bring light up the social psychological meaning of music for individual and community interaction processes influenced by the nature of music as communication form.

Stefan Koelsch: Nature Neuroscience 7(3), 2004: Music, Language and Meaning: Brain Signatures of Semantic Processing

short paper (pdf: German | English)

Note: IMC OnAir’s radio show “music and language” in two parts (2x 58 min.) represents a fundamental introduction regarding the multiplicity of sciences involved (music ethnology,  anthropology, language and social sciences, neuro sciences, psychology, computer sciences (artificial intelligence) among others).

CH – Raga CDs des Monats (01/13): MUSIK & SPRACHE (Teil 1/2)

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Die Beziehung zwischen Musik und Sprache, zwischen Klang und gesprochenem oder gesungenem Wort ist eine Besondere.

Die Grammatiker des Sanskrits, der alten indischen Wissenschaftssprache, betrachten Musik und Sprache als divergierende Aspekte ein und desselben Phänomens.

Busto di Pitagora. Copia romana di originale greco. Musei Capitolini, Roma. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))

Mit der indisch klassischen Musik (Hindustani, Carnatic) gibt es eine Vielzahl von Gemeinsamkeiten unter der Überschrift “Musik und Sprache“, die auch die Grundlagen der abendländischen Harmonielehre sind, deren Beginn man mit dem Begründer der mathematischen Analyse der Musik – Pythagoras von Samos – und seinen empirischen Beweisführung der harmonischen Intervalle auf etwa mehr als 500 Jahre vor Christi Geburt datieren kann.

Musik scheint sich weit weniger diffus in uns abzubilden, als bisher angenommen. Vielmehr wird unsere Wahrnehmung von Tönen durch sehr genau umrissene Möglichkeiten und Grenzen definiert. Dem audiomentalen System kommt eine weit aus größere Bedeutung zu, als man bis vor Kurzem angenommen hatte.

Sendetermine…
Teil 1: 14. Januar |  Teil 2: 28. Januar 2013 – 22:00 Uhr CET (04:00 pm EST) @ Radio RaSA (CH)
(Premiere: 16.03.2010 (Teil 1) u. 20.04.2010 (Teil 2) – 21:00 @ Tide Radio)
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In Teil 1 stellt IMC – India meets Classic die Struktur von Musik und Sprache dar. In Teil 2 werden die sozialpsychologische Bedeutung von Musik für das Individuum und seine Interaktionsprozesse aus seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung und aus dem Wesen der Musik näher beleuchten.

Die Wahrnehmung von Musik und das aktiv Musizieren, das zeigen uns jüngste Studien, beziehen nahezu alle Regionen des Gehirns mit ein. Die weitverbreitete Annahme, dass Musik in der rechten Gehirnhälfte und Sprache in der linken Gehirnhälfte verarbeitet wird, war schlichtweg falsch. Die aktuellen Forschungen zeigen auch, dass Sprache und Musik nahezu gleich verarbeitet werden. Der tiefgreifende, emotionale Gehalt der Musik, von Glückseligkeit bis zur Traurigkeit wirkt besonders stimulierend auf unser Gehirn mit für den Musikhörenden häufig körperlich intensiv wahrnehmbaren Reaktionen.

Musik schlägt sich sichtbar in unserem Leben nieder, in Gehirnaktivitäten, die heute mit modernen, bildgebenden Verfahren messbar sind und mit der (funktionellen) Magnetresonanz-Tomographie (MRT) oder  Magnetenzephalographie (MET) plastisch sichtbar gemacht werden können (Bild s. u.).

Stefan Koelsch: Nature Neuroscience 7(3), 2004: Music, Language and Meaning: Brain Signatures of Semantic Processing

short paper (pdf: German | English)

Hinweis: Die 2-teilige IMC-Sendung “Musik und Sprache” (2x 58 min.) stellt angesichts der Vielzahl der beteiligten Wissenschaften (Musikethnologie, Anthropologie, Sprach- u. Sozialwissenschaften, Neuro-Sciences, Psychologie, Computerwissenschaften (künstliche Intelligenz) u.a. ) eine grundlegende Einführung dar.

BANSURI GURU (Documentary, 2012) – Flute legend Pt. HariPrasad Chaurasia…

see premiere in January 2013 @ Pune Intern. Film Festival (PIFF)

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Pune Intern. Film Festival 2013: Bansuri Guru – documentary on flute maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Bansuri Guru premieres at 11th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)  on January 13, 2013

SYNOPSIS: BANSURI GURU is a documentary film on flute maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Seven decades in the life of the maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the living legend and exponent of the bansuri, the Indian bamboo flute. The film takes these poignant years of his life and unravels the story of a man who was pre-ordained to be an extraordinary musician, despite every possible rule in the rule book that drove him the other way. A story of a man’s triumph against odds to achieve that one thing closest to him – his passion, his perseverance to excel and his destiny to master his passion.

The film is aptly titled ‘Bansuri Guru’, two words that sum up a life’s journey in quest for excellence, mastering a passion and preparing to leave a legacy for future generations.

The film will cover the following chapters of his life:

1. His childhood in Allahabad – 1938 to 1948
2. His teen years in Allahabad as a young apprentice – 1948 to 1958
3. His 20s in Orissa as an AIR (All India Radio) musician – 1958 to 1961
4. His 30s in Mumbai as a newcomer to the Hindi film Industry – 1961 to 1968
5. The turning point in his life – focus on classical music and the search for his Guru – 1968 till now
6. His initiation to world stage and music, global collaborations – 1970s till now
7. His contribution to the music world and the establishment of the Vrindaban Gurukuls

Within these chapters you will get the maestro’s views on a range of topics that will inspire his fans and followers and help them understand how geniuses just move on from one milestone to another – never really resting, but merely struggling to move to the next tent-pole.

The film has been shot in the maestro’s environment – his home and school both in Mumbai and Bhubaneswar in India and in Rotterdam, Netherlands – Get the Broschure here.

Some few Screen Stills…

Year of Production 2012; Duration – 60 minutes; Directed by Rajeev Chaurasia; Produced by Films Division of India, Government of India.

(Source: 01/2013 – Official Website: Bansuriguru.in)

13th Jan – Day “13” of 33rd SAPTAKT Festival 2013 (Ahmedabad) with tribute to the Co-founder & Sitar Legend Pandit Ravi Shankar (04/07/1920 – 12/11/2012)

FULLY PROGRAMME OF DAY 1-13 here: http://bit.ly/VfwnH2

Line up of DAY 13 (status 12/18/2012)…

Event ::  Day 13 of Saptak Annual Festival- 2013 (01-01-2013 To 13-01-2013) Sr. No Artist’s Name Instrument/ Vocal Date Time 1 Shri Rajiv Taranath Sarod 13/01/2013 10.00 AM Shri Udayaraj Karpur Tabla 2 Begum Parveen Sultana Vocal Shri Ojas Adhiya Tabla Shri Sanket Modi Harmonium 1 Shri Trilok Gurtu Classical Drums 13/01/2013 8.00 PM 2 Kum. Aishwarya Majumdar Vocal Shri Rishin Saraiya Tabla Shri Anuprit Khandekar Keyboard Shri Sanket Khandekar Guitar Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 3 Smt. Kankana Banerjee Vocal Shri Bimal Bhattacharya Tabla Shri Yamin Khan Harmonium Shri Illyas Khan Sarangi 4 Shri Mohansingh & Party Vocal 5 Ustad Mohammed Ahmed Warsi Nasiri Qawwal & Group Vocal
Event Venue –	Amrut Mody School of Management, Plot No. 16/1, Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Opp. IIM, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad

(Source: 12/2012 – Saptak.org (official website))

pls keep updated on the SAPTAK Facebook event page, too: http://on.fb.me/VfvTAy

Your condolences and Tribute to Sitar Legend Pt. Ravi Shankar are welcome here:
http://www.facebook.com/LegacyofRaviShankar

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