Encyclopaedic Dictionary of World Musical Instruments (In 2 Volumes)

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The main purpose of this two volumes Encyclopaedic Dictionary of World Musical Instruments is to provide historical development, manufacturing process, and playing technique of 305 popular musical instruments of the world. Having said something about the nature of this encyclopaedia, we turn now the question of how entries are selected. The majority of included instruments have been selected on the grounds of historically importance, popular among musical players and technicians. It is hoped that by referring to this encyclopaedia, the ethno-musicologists and organologists can conveniently appraise themselves of much that is going on in the field of technical research and practices. We hope to have made a small contribution to enable all professionals, players and technicians to think more carefully about the process of manufacturing and playing techniques.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.S. Ganguly

P.S. Ganguly, currently worked as a teacher of Academy College of Music in Kolkata, was born in Murshidabad on July 12, 1948. he started learning music in 1959, and received training under several great masters. He was initiated into musicology by Prof. P. Sambamurti. This was further strengthened under P.K. Rajagopala Ayyar. In addition to his gurus' immense knowledge and wisdom, Ganguly also imbibed a style of presentation with powerful delivery, expression, and diction. His method of analysing original treatise and of evolving one's own ideals and concepts soon placed him high in the annals of musicology in India. He has been recongnised as a top-ranking artists. His lecture and demonstrations are not only instructive but also inspiring, and have drawn August audiences from all over the world.