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 Introduction
The Maharana Kumbha Sangeet Kala Trust promotes and encourages Indian classical
music, dance, arts, drama, and other activities of cultural importance.
As with all the Maharana Mewar trusts, the trust deeds first set out the
learned sage Harit Rashi's original guiding principles, the principles
of Manava Dharma and Maharana Dharma, which are the guidelines
of custodianship of Shri Eklingji.
Music and dance are sensitive expressions of compassion in man. More than anything,
they have contributed to the promotion and preservation of man's cultural
heritage. Music ‘sangeet’ is the elixir of life. It is not simply
a part of entertainment. It is essential to develop sensitivity and compassion,
the most important aspects of human life. Yoga, dance and drama also have
a similar refining effect on human beings. This trust is named in memory
of Maharana Kumbha who was not only an accomplished musician but also a
great authority on the subject and science of music. Maharana Kumbha was
one of the greatest rulers of Mewar, and historians have compared his reign
to that of Chandragupta Maurya and the golden period in India's history.
He wrote an outstanding treatise on Indian music titled 'Sangeetraj’. He
wrote extensively both on the subject of music and other literary commentaries
in Sanskrit.
The Trust gives practical support and patronage to all forms of Indian - classical
and folk music, all forms of Indian classical and folk dance, local and
tribal arts and fine arts of all disciplines, drama and theatrical work.
The objectives of the Trust are:
a) To extend patronage and assist in the promotion and preservation of:
Indian classical music in all its traditional forms,
Indian folk music, Rajasthani music and tribal music,
Indian instrumental music of all forms,
Indian fine arts from all traditional schools of art,
Indian local arts and tribal arts,
Indian classical dances of various styles to include folk dance and tribal dances, and
Dramatics, theatricals and pageants.
b) To
create amenities for the promotion and preservation of these objectives.
5M
or Mewar Memorable Millennium Melodious Music (P) Ltd. is
a Music Company under the guardianship of the Maharana Kumbha Sangeet Kala
Trust. The trust is divesting its vast reserve of music to 5M. AVA,
a private limited audio company is an external private agency commissioned
to work together with 5M to clean up and convert spools of music
into digital tapes. AVA has now been given the DAT tapes, which they will
further clean and transfer the contents of these tapes onto a master CD.
This master CD will be commercially produced and marketed. AVA will take
care of marketing and packaging of these tapes/CDs.
A
12 CD classical music project, from the 5M music archives is under
production. These will be marketed in sets of 3. The first set was released
in April 2000.
For
further information and details of released CDs, please visit www.mewarmusic.com.
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