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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |78 pages
Delhi: Center of Power
part |72 pages
Bombay: Freelance Center
part |74 pages
Lucknow: Center of Tradition
part |18 pages
Benares: Center of Indian Culture
part |22 pages
Karachi: Center of Émigrés