On Music And Musicians Of Hindoostan – Ashok Da. Ranade

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On Music and Musicians of Hindoostan is an unusual book. It describes a lifetime of intimacy with not only the tone and timber of music, its pitch and resonance, its inner depths and outer ramifications, it also shows an unusual mastery of related disciplines and areas like literature, art, cinema and radio. A Sociological treatise and an in depth study of the Oral Tradition, the book expounds on how music holds people together and leads to spiritual upliftment.

About the Author: Ashok Da. Ranade (1937-2011) was an internationally renowned vocalist (Hindustani Classical), composer, musicologist, ethnomusicologist, voice-culturist and a teacher with degrees in literature, law and music. He was the author of a number of authoritative books on Hindustani music and ethnomusicology.