The essays in this book constitute an extensive study of the musical arts of north India from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Using material from several languages Sanskrit, Awadhi, Braj-Bhasha, Persian and Urdu they trace the varied developments in the musical arts and show how Indian, Central Asian, and Perso-Arab performance traditions underwent synthesis to become one tradition the north Indian Hindustani tradition. Highlighting the cultural milieu of north ...
This book makes an extensive study of the art and culture of Awadh during the Nawabi period (c.1722-1856), with a focus on the city of Lucknow, Its strength lies in Its profound deployment of evidence scattered in a variety of primary and secondary sources, especially in the Persian and Urdu languages, in its study of Visuals and artifacts, as well as of the performance traditions and craft techniques which are derived from the period. It also discusses how under ...
