Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 2004 - Music - 265 pages
The 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
Techniques and ālāp
161
The Delhi or Masitkhani bāj
180
The Firozkhani bāj and gat Forms of the sarod
205
The Purab and Razakhani Styles
216
Notes
233
Bibliography
241
Index
255
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Changes After 1857
133

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