An Introduction to Indian Folk Traditions: some important genres
Folk, Sufi
As early as 400 BC, Indian musical treatises had drawn a clear distinction between marga sangeet (music for the gods) and desi sangeet (music of people) and it is the latter that...
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Singing sculptures: India’s curious musical instruments
Carnatic, Classical, Folk, Hindustani, Rudra Veena
Author: George Howlett Exploring the sounds, origins, and modern contexts of ten strange, beautiful instruments from India’s classical traditions. —Part of Living Traditions: 21 articles for 21st-century Indian classical music Indian classical...
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