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TRADITION, CREATIVITY,
MODERNITY
By W.D. AMARAVEDA
2001 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Presented at the 43rd Ramon Magsaysay Awards Lecture Series
28 August 2001, Manila, Philippines
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In all creative activities, I believe, the creative genius always thinks of the
presence of an ideal Rasika. There is no accurate word, equivalent to the
word Rasika. As I think, it means, in the case of music, the ideal listener
in the words of Professor Sarathchandra, Abhishta Rasika:
No doubt, an individual composer can create music for his own
enjoyment, but always an idea of one or more listeners is hidden
somewhere in his mind. In the activity of creation, therefore, we can see
an element of communication.
To prove this fact, I would like to quote Tolstoy- on the definition of Art:
Art is a human activity, having for its purpose, the transmission to
others of the highest and the best feelings to which man has risen.
Let me now quote Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore from his essay, Art
and Tradition:
The sign of the greatness in Great Genius is his enormous capacity
to borrow, very often without their knowing it. He has unlimited
credit in the world market of culture. It is the mediocre who is afraid
and ashamed of borrowing for he cannot pay them back in his own
coin.
Since music is basically a language of emotions, it has universal appeal.
Every human being, even at a minimal level, responds to music.
However, human emotions have been clearly associated with the spoken
language of a nation as well, as have been the musical sounds. I think the
most accurate word for sound is Nada, which we can see in the classical
texts of Indian music such as Sangeet Ratnakara of Sarangadev, or
Sangeet Makaranda or Sangeet Parijatha of well known Indian
musicologists. Furthermore it is sometimes referred to as Nada Brahma
(Supreme Sound). We can next infer, therefore, that the inflections of a
language are closely reflected in the music of that nation. This concept
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