Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th CenturiesThe music of north India has attained its world renown largely through its most prominent stringed instruments, the sitar and the sarod. This work bring together material from written, oral and pictorial sources to trace the early history of the instruments, their innovators and their music. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 13 |
The Changing sitär | 35 |
Rabab sarod and Related Instruments | 60 |
Late Mughal Delhi and Other Centers | 75 |
Firoz Khan and Masit Khan | 90 |
Jaipur Lucknow Banaras Gwalior Bengal | 95 |
The 19th Century to 1857 | 101 |
Changes After 1857 | 133 |
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