Sushil Kumar Saxena Explained

Sushil Kumar Saxena
Birth Place:	India
Occupation:	Musicologist Writer Scholar Academic
Known For:	Writings on Indian music and aesthetics
Awards:	Padma Bhushan Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

Sushil Kumar Saxena is an Indian musicologist, academic, scholar and the author of several books on music, philosophy and aesthetics.^[1] He is a former member of the faculty of the University of Delhi and has served the University Court as a member.^[2] His works include Studies in the Metaphysics of Bradley,^[3] Hindustan Music and Aesthetics Today,^[4] Art and Philosophy: Seven Aestheticians, Croce, Dewey, Collingwood, Santayana, Ducasse Langer, Reid,^[5] and Swinging Syllables Aesthetics of Kathak Dance^[6] and his lectures have been included in a book, Indian Music: Eminent Thinkers on Core Issues ; Discourses by Premlata Sharma, S. K. Saxena and Kapila Vatsyayan.^[7] He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship which he received in 2007.^[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2008, for his contributions to Indian music.^[9]

Selected bibliography

• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Ever Unto God: Essays on Gandhi and Religion. 1988. Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 978-81-85292-02-1.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Art and Philosophy: Seven Aestheticians, Croce, Dewey, Collingwood, Santayana, Ducasse Langer, Reid. 1994. Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 978-81-85636-07-8.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Hindustani Sangeet and a Philosopher of Art: Music, Rhythm, and Kathak Dance Vis-à-vis Aesthetics of Susanne K. Langer. 2001. D.K. Printworld. 978-81-246-0180-8.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Swinging Syllables Aesthetics of Kathak Dance. 2006. Pinnacle Technology. 978-1-61820-230-7.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Hindustani Music and Aesthetics Today: A Selective Study. 2009. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 978-81-7871-129-4.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Hindustani Music and Aesthetics Today: A Selective Study. 2009. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 978-81-7871-129-4.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Aesthetics: Approaches, Concepts, and Problems. 2010. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 978-81-246-0555-4.
• Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Studies in the Metaphysics of Bradley. 2014. Routledge. 978-1-317-85202-5.

See also

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
• Kapila Vatsyayan

External links

• Book: K. R. Sundararajan. Bithika Mukerji. Hindu Spirituality: Postclassical and Modern. 2003. Motilal Banarsidass. 978-81-208-1937-5. 31–.
• Book: Malti Gilani. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Qurratulʻain Ḥaidar, Manorma Ahuja. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan "Sabrang": His Life and Music. 1 January 2003. Harman Publishing House. 978-81-86622-59-9.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saxena, Sushil Kumar on WorldCat . WorldCat . 2016 . 26 June 2016.
2. Web site: MINUTES OF THE 84TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY COURT . University of Delhi . 28 March 2014 . 26 June 2016.
3. Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Studies in the Metaphysics of Bradley. 3 June 2014. Routledge. 978-1-317-85202-5.
4. Web site: Hindustan Music and Aesthetics Today . Sangeet Natak Akademi . 2009 . 26 June 2016 . Sushil Kumar Saxena . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808032052/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/publication/hindustani%20music%20and%20aesthetics%20today.htm . 8 August 2016 . dmy-all .
5. Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Art and Philosophy: Seven Aestheticians, Croce, Dewey, Collingwood, Santayana, Ducasse Langer, Reid. 1994. Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 978-81-85636-07-8.
6. Book: Sushil Kumar Saxena. Swinging Syllables Aesthetics of Kathak Dance. 10 February 2006. Pinnacle Technology. 978-1-61820-230-7.
7. Book: Indian Music: Eminent Thinkers on Core Issues ; Discourses by Premlata Sharma, S.K. Saxena & Kapila Vatsyayana. 2001. Sharma. Premlata.
8. Web site: SNA Awards & Fellows . Sangeet Natak Akademi . 2016 . 26 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160628012318/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/SNA-Awards.html . 28 June 2016 .
9. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016.