TY - BOOK AU - Strangways, A.H. TI - The Music of Hindustan SN - 9789390035724 U1 - 780.954 PY - 1914/// CY - New Delhi PB - Manohar KW - Music KW - Grammar KW - India KW - Classical Music KW - Ancient KW - Hindustan KW - Folk Music KW - History KW - Form and method N2 - Hindostan 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. ER -