BOOKS BY PANDIT RADHAVALLABH CHATURVEDI
SA RE GA MA
Pt. Radhavallabh Chaturvedi keeping in mind classical music and its complexity wrote an easily accessible and authentic book Sa Re Ga Ma on the basic principles of classical music so that the book reaches even those people whom he could not reach out to personally. In the book, he has summarized the elements of classical music that make classical music what it is, in easy language and in an effortless manner.
Unchi Atariya Rang Bhari
Panditji’s book Unchi Atariya Rang Bhari has a collection of 106 folk songs of various types including Sariya, Sohar, Mundan, Tona, Jevanar, Vidai, Chakia, Panaghat, Kajri, Jhula, Chaumasa, Chaiti, Rasiya, Devigeet, Dhamar, etc., which are printed along with lyrical intonations and introductions as well as notations. There was a need for classical dexterity to notate the folk songs, and he fulfilled the same.
