ABSTRACT

Beginning with Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, Indian art music is renowned internationally for its improvised raga performance. This ancient tradition has for centuries been transmitted orally within the seclusion of hereditary families. Few such families remain today, and not enough is known about their central contribution to the life of Indian music. Master Musicians of India reveals this rich world through profiles and interviews of key musicians from this tradition.

chapter |25 pages

Introduction

part |78 pages

Delhi: Center of Power

chapter 1|20 pages

Sabri Khan

My Guru, a Complete Musician

chapter 2|34 pages

Sabri Khan

The Master and His Disciples

chapter 3|22 pages

Teaching Regula

I Will Make You into a Sarangi Player

part |72 pages

Bombay: Freelance Center

chapter 4|34 pages

Ram Narayan

The Concert Sarangi

chapter 5|12 pages

Dhruba Ghosh

The New Generation

chapter 6|24 pages

Sultan Khan

Globalizing Heritage

part |74 pages

Lucknow: Center of Tradition

chapter 7|24 pages

Mahmud Ali Lineage

College Ties

chapter 8|10 pages

Bahadur Khan

A Freelance Past

chapter 9|38 pages

Bhagvan Das

Sons and Disciples

part |18 pages

Benares: Center of Indian Culture

chapter 10|16 pages

Hanuman Prasad Mishra

Make Your Mark!

part |22 pages

Karachi: Center of Émigrés

chapter 11|20 pages

Hamid Husain

An Indian Past Remembered

chapter |4 pages

Epilogue

Memoir of an Era for the Future