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What is the role of musical instruments in Indian music?

Pesch, Ludwig. The Oxford illustrated companion to South Indian classical music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.

Summary

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the cultural and historical contexts of music, its composers, music, schools, and leading practitioners. It is presented I a simpler and approachable manner that simplifies difficult concepts. The book contains illustrations of more than 120 photographs and drawings of instruments discussed, bibliography, and biographical information on composers and musicians. This book will benefit students, interested amateur and experienced professionals.

Evaluation

This book is a revised version of “Illustrated companion to South Indian classical music” was published in 2009. The ...

PART 1

INTRODUCTION Different organizations have different policies regarding training and development of their employees. They do so to align the employees to the organizational goals and objectives. Training and development of the employees is very expensive, hence it is the first expense which the organizations cut back during the hard times. Organizations require that they assess the appropriate need for training and development and allocate their precious resources accordingly. The professional training of the employees is of two types: on job training and off job training. Methods which are used by the organizations for training are explained below (Aguinis & ...