Finding the Raga - An Improvisation on Indian Music

''[A] compelling meditation on Indian and Western art-making.'' The New Yorker Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri''s revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practises will alter the reader''s notion of what music might - and can - be. Through essay, memoir and cultural study, Chaudhuri dwells on the music''s most distinctive and mysterious characteristics, resulting in a gift of a book for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration.

Product details

• Authors: Amit Chaudhuri
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780571219117
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21911-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Music: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, MUSIC / General, ART / Asian / Indian & South Asian, India, South East Asia, Music: styles & genres