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Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), both a composer and critic in the realm of music,1 contributed valuable reflections on the art of music which may be academically discussed in the perspective of phenomenology. From these reflections we can glean his comparative views on the Indian and the Western music.
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Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce, Harvard University Press (1934–35), 1960 edition. “The Principles of Phenomenology”, Philosophical Writings of Peirce, ed. J. Buchler, (Dover Publications, 1955) pp. 74–97.
Rabindranath Tagore, “Sangit” (music), Sangit Chinta, Visva-Bharati, 1392 B.S., pp. 31–43.Originally the article was published in the Bengali journal Bharati in the Agrahayan issue in 1319 B.S.
A. H. Fox Strangways, The Music of Hindustan, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914) Ch. XII, p. 340.
Ibid., p. 341.
Rabindranath Tagore, “Sangit”, Sangit-Chinta, op. cit., pp. 33–34
“Sangiter Mukti” (emancipation of music), Sangit-chinta, pp. 48–49
Dharma (Religion), Rabindra-Rachanavali (Tagore Works) Volume 12, Tagore Birthday centenary edition, Govt, of West Bengal, 1961, p. 10 and in many other portions in Tagore’s works.
Rabindranath Tagore, “Foreword” to Thirty Songs from the Punjab and Kashmir, written by Ratan Devi and A. K. Coomaraswamy, (London: Old Bourne Press, 1913), Sangit-Chinta, op. cit., p. 327.Ratan Devi was an European musician, married to the great art-critic Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Ratan Devi learnt Indian music from a traditional master and sang superbly. Tagore listened to her singing in London in 1912. The quoted portion is just a phenomenological reflection of Tagore while listening to her singing.
“Tagore and Einstein”, Sangit-Chinta, op. cit., p. 345 (Originally the conversation was published in Asia (U.S.A.) in March 1931 issue.
“Tagore and Rolland”, Sangit-Chinta, op. cit.,pp. 337–338.
Ibid., p. 338.
Ibid., p. 334.
Ibid., p. 334.
Edward Hanslick, The Beautiful in Music (Von Musikalisch Schönen 1854) tr. Gustav Cohen, ed. Morris Weitz. The Liberal Arts Press, U.S.A., 1957.
“Tagore and Rolland’, Sangit-Chinta, op. cit.,pp. 333–341.
“Tagore and H. G. Wells”, Sangit-Chinta, op. cit.,pp. 348–349 (Originally published in Asia, March 1931, U.S.A.).
Ibid., p. 348.
Ibid., p. 348.
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Ray, S. (1990). Indian and Western Music: Phenomenological Comparison from Tagore’s Viewpoint. In: Kronegger, M. (eds) Phenomenology and Aesthetics. Analecta Husserliana, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2027-9_21
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