Hindustani Music: Ways of Listening

This book is a collection of articles on Hindustani Music, put together expressly to introduce readers and music lovers to the magic of Hindustani music and the cultural context in which it is made. It contains description and analysis of vocal and instrumental styles, biographical sketches of great maestros, information about instruments, and more. Each of the articles leads the reader to tracks that are available in the public domain, as musical examples for the text provided in the book.