Time in Indian Music
Subtitle: Rhythm, Metre, and Form in North Indian Rag Performance with Audio CD (Oxford Monographs on Music)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: February 28, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780198166863
First sentence: Before any performance of rag music in North India can begin, a number of rituals are enacted, marking the time from the entrance of the performers to the sounding of the first pitch of the recital.