Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries Binding:Hardbound Nature and Ideal of Universal

Nature and Ideal of Universal Religion

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Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries Binding:Hardbound Nature and Ideal of UniversalThe music of North India has attained its world renown largely through its two most prominent stringed instruments, the Sitar and the Sarod. Yet their story has until now remained hidden in the oral traditions of professional family lines, and in largely inaccessible 19th century books. This work brings together for the first time material from written, oral, and pictorial sources to trace the early history of the instruments, their innovators, and