Articles written by James Hamilton

Cheating at sport is nothing new. Everyone has heard of boxers taking a dive or of the footballer who had a bet in against his/her own team.

Mar 24, 2009 - James Hamilton

The learning of Indain Classical music requires a stepwise approach that begins with the study of gat (compositon) and ends with the mastery of alap.

Mar 21, 2009 - James Hamilton

In Indian cosmology sacred and secular time are linked by a series of mathematical calculations.

Mar 17, 2009 - James Hamilton

The Megalith of Stonehenge is located about 80 miles south-west of London, England.

Mar 16, 2009 - James Hamilton

The verdict is still out on the origin chess, but an older version of the game is still prevalent in India.

Mar 13, 2009 - James Hamilton

The musicologist D.K. Mukherjee writes that gharana is a Hindi word meaning `family' in the broad sense of the word.

Mar 11, 2009 - James Hamilton

Cathedral Lakes Provincial Park is located about 30 kms southwest of Keremeos, BC. Cathedral Lakes Lodge is a base for high-altitude hiking.

Mar 11, 2009 - James Hamilton

Among the First Nations peoples of south-central British Columbia, there is a legend of buried Conquistador artifacts at a location referred to as the Spanish Mound.

Mar 11, 2009 - James Hamilton

The word mode is Latin in origin from modus meaning measure, standard, manner, or way, and this atricle discusses the use of mode in music and musical composition.

Mar 10, 2009 - James Hamilton

The word scale is Latin in origin, being derived from the word scala meaning "ladder", this article explores the use of scales in music.

Mar 10, 2009 - James Hamilton

Leading musicians of a gharana are occasionally awarded or assume honorific titles such as ustâd or pandit (i.e Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar).

Mar 10, 2009 - James Hamilton

The organographic system popularized by Hornbostel and Sachs was possibly derived from an Ancient Indian one.

Mar 10, 2009 - James Hamilton

The harmonium is a hand pump organ which missionaries in India had used to accompany their hymns and litanies.

Mar 6, 2009 - James Hamilton

Rabindranath Tagore was a poet and writer who also has made his mark in the realm of music and painting.

Mar 4, 2009 - James Hamilton

The fine and performing arts in India formed a unique association in the domain of Ragamala Painting

Feb 20, 2009 - James Hamilton

Traditional Bengali culture contains a rich tapestry of musical genres. These range from plaintive folk melody to lyrical boatmen songs and the songs of mystics.

Feb 16, 2009 - James Hamilton

The traditions of Hindustani "classical" and regional "folk" music have existed side by side in India for several hundred years.

Feb 13, 2009 - James Hamilton

Early in the 19th century musicians of Afghan descent, residing in North India, began to study and perform classical Indian Music.

Feb 4, 2009 - James Hamilton