Another Garland book - Interesting comments
>Theistic
>Till the demise of the Second World War, the average Indian was basically
wedded to spiritual endeavours to the neglect of materialistic pursuits and profit.
>Patronised by royalty
>No nation or art can sustain itself nor can it flourish with dwarfs
with a mere one or two of tall stature. Galaxy of giants appeared on the scene
>Village Swaraj
>music was free for all like air and water
>mike-based cheap music
>few metropolitan centres robbed and deprived the millions in the vast slumbering rural tracts of all exposure to classical music
>The shifting of music from temples and dramas from street corners and river beds to sabhas and chambers stifled the growth of classical music.
>Classical music can flourish in its native charm, grandeur and glory" only in an atmosphere of vigranti and not in the polluted, dusty turmoil of noisy towns and
cities. The latter can hope to nourish it for a while but not nurse it.
>As it is with grains and primary products, the city can consume but not hope to create music. Classical music based on improvisation has no future
unless the imbalance is remedied and the rural reorientation is soon accomplished.
>In the city, a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; but in the country, it is a form of entertainment
>India opted for the wealth of perfection, virtues and sublimity of the soul
>‘gurukulavasa' scheme
>The self-imposed anonymity and self-effacement of Indian Art is one of the standing miracles of all times
>The despicable reed survives the storm as it sways with it but the mighty oak falls as it stands rigidly
>Music must not only entertain but also elevate.
>‘son-in-law of my village’
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.162058/2015.162058.Another-Garland-book-2_djvu.txt
>Till the demise of the Second World War, the average Indian was basically
wedded to spiritual endeavours to the neglect of materialistic pursuits and profit.
>Patronised by royalty
>No nation or art can sustain itself nor can it flourish with dwarfs
with a mere one or two of tall stature. Galaxy of giants appeared on the scene
>Village Swaraj
>music was free for all like air and water
>mike-based cheap music
>few metropolitan centres robbed and deprived the millions in the vast slumbering rural tracts of all exposure to classical music
>The shifting of music from temples and dramas from street corners and river beds to sabhas and chambers stifled the growth of classical music.
>Classical music can flourish in its native charm, grandeur and glory" only in an atmosphere of vigranti and not in the polluted, dusty turmoil of noisy towns and
cities. The latter can hope to nourish it for a while but not nurse it.
>As it is with grains and primary products, the city can consume but not hope to create music. Classical music based on improvisation has no future
unless the imbalance is remedied and the rural reorientation is soon accomplished.
>In the city, a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; but in the country, it is a form of entertainment
>India opted for the wealth of perfection, virtues and sublimity of the soul
>‘gurukulavasa' scheme
>The self-imposed anonymity and self-effacement of Indian Art is one of the standing miracles of all times
>The despicable reed survives the storm as it sways with it but the mighty oak falls as it stands rigidly
>Music must not only entertain but also elevate.
>‘son-in-law of my village’
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.162058/2015.162058.Another-Garland-book-2_djvu.txt
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