The Law of Tones in Indian Classical Music - Atiya Fyzee-Rahamin (Eng.)

Atiya Fyzee-Rahamin was an educationist, musicologist and socialite. Born in 1877 in Ottoman Turkey, she was arguably the first woman to have authored a text on North Indian classical music. Atiya was also among the founders of the first All India Music Conference, which was held in Baroda in 1916. The essay featured in this episode, is part of her 1914 introduction to Indian music, which she authored under the pen name Shahinda. It covers the fundamentals of the laws of tones (sur addhya) in North Indian music, elaborating on the temperaments, deities, costumes and colours of each of the seven musical notes.

Music courtesy Eternal Tarang.