Change as formula in Carnatic music
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Music, unless an internal process, can only imitate an emotion, not create one
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Ashwath Narayanan performing a virtual concert at The Music Academy’s 2020 Margazhi Festival
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K V Srinivasan
Music, unless an internal process, can only imitate an emotion, not create one
Like everything else, the Carnatic concert is also changing. It has always been in a state of change intrinsically as individuals looked at it in new ways and bestowed it with fresh meaning. Tradition, therefore, was never a clinical hand-me-down, but altered with individual talent. Then why does change, happening at this juncture in its history, seem so overwhelming?