Inventing the Sarod: A Cultural History
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8170462134
Length
xii+277p.
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This is a major musical and cultural history of the Sarod, a leading stringed instrument in Hindustani classical music, which documents the cultural origins, historical development and music styles of this instrumental tradition over the last three centuries. It does this by documenting the history of its musicians, their social organization, patron groups, modes of patronage, musical and aesthetic developments, instrument design and construction, narratives, ...
