Tradition Of Hindustani Music A Sociological Approach

This book provides a fascinatingstudy of Hindustani music in its sociological perspective. It is wonderful studyfor depicting the social interaction that takes place in guru-shishya paramparahanding down the tradition of music and strictly preserving a style throughpedagogy. The book also explains the social status and organisation of themusician-community and a psycho-social analysis of the journey of a musicianfrom an individual being to a social being. The author has carefully traced thehistory of Hindustani music in its socio-political perspective. The relationship of society and music is intense and complex.The author has successfully grappled with such complexities and arrived atlogical conclusions. She has justified the worth of sociology of music, both forthe musician and the listener who may better understand each other withknowledge provided in this book.