Critical Study of the Compositions in Raga Mohana

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Title

Critical Study of the Compositions in Raga Mohana

Publisher

The Department of Indian Music
School of Fine & Performing Arts
University of Madras, Chepauk
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - 600 005

Date

December 2021

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Type

Article

Abstract

  1. The thesis ‘Critical Study of the compositions in raga Mohana aims to trace the evolution of the structure of raga mohanam in Karnataka Music from the mela period to its current form. The various descriptions of this raga are studied in detail.

    The research mainly focuses on analysing in-depth, melodic structure of mohanam from the various compositions that are available from pre-trinity period, trinity period and post-trinity period. All the varieties of musical forms from simple Geethas to majestic Keerthans and Padas are analysed in detail.

    This research is a raga based study of the source material that covers both published texts as well as audio recordings. The research focuses on five primary areas.

    The first is a historical study of the evolution of Raga Mohanam. The various descriptions of Mohanam in lakshana granthas from the mela period starting from svara mela kalanidhi of Ramamatya upto the current day publications of raga lakshanas. Prior to the mela period, the grama murcana jati system was in vogue which featured a different classification of ragas. Hence, the evolution of raga from the mela period has been chosen. Ragas with structures close to that of Mohanam have also been taken up for analysis.
  2. The second area focuses on the kalpita sangeetha of raga mohanam.From about two hundred and fifty compositions of various composers available from pre-trinity period, trinity period and post-trinity period of that are available from both authentic publications and audio recordings are studied in detail.
  3. The third area of research focuses on the manodharma aspects of raga Mohana with in depth analysis of four main parts of manodharma sangita namely alapana,tanam,niraval and kalpana svaram.
  4. The fourth area of research focuses on the mohanam in Hindustani systems of music and the International musical scenario. Ragas like bhupali,deskar and other allied ragas of Hindustani system of music have analysed.And the study also throws light upon the various pentatonic scales that are available in other systems of music outside India.
  5. The fifth area of research focuses on mohanam in other traditions of Indian music.Mohanam has been a popular raga in the Indian folk music, Kuchipudi,Bharatanatyam Bhagavatamela, Bhajana sampradayas,and light music.The study also analyses these traditional types of Indian music.

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Citation

Dr.V.J.Dwaram Lakshmi, T. Sarada, “Critical Study of the Compositions in Raga Mohana,” Smṛti - A Bi-Annual Peer Reviewed Journal on Fine & Performing Arts , accessed April 26, 2024, https://smrti.omeka.net/items/show/26.