00962nam a22001697a 4500020001800000082001900018100003100037245005600068260003200124300001300156520048700169546001200656650002600668650004000694650003100734650002700765  a9789390035724  a780.954bSTR-M  aStrangways, A.H. eauthor.  aThe Music of Hindustanc Edited by A.H. Strangways   aNew Delhi:bManohar,c1914.  ax, 364p.  aHindostan is, technically the Indus and Ganges basins, and it is with the music of that part of India that this book primarily deals. Indian music, as elsewhere, is of varying excellence. The author in the beginning gives an account of his musical experiences during a tour through India, history of Indian music, scale, mode, various ragas, grace, tala, drumming, ethos and structure of some of the oldest music, forms, and lastly the laws of melody in Indian music.   aEnglish  aMusicvGrammarzIndia  aClassical MusicvAncientzHindustan  aFolk MusicvHistoryzIndia  aMusicvForm and method