Inventing the Sarod (Paperback)  | Released: 31 Mar 2004

This is a major musical and cultural history of the sarod, a leading stringed instrument in Hindustani classical music, which documents the cultural origins, historical development and music styles of this instrumental tradtion over the last three centuries. It does this by documenting the history o f its musicians, their social organiztio, pattron groups, modes of patronage, musical and aesthetic developemnts, instrument design and construction, narratives, musical terminology, and conception of musical sound over this period. About Author : Adrian Mcnail researches and writes on indian classical music. Currently senior Research Fellow in the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He has published widely on various aspects of Indian classical music, He is a trained sarod player with several performances to his credit. Contents : A Notes from the publishersAcknowledgementsIntroductionSounding out the SarodPathans and the SarodSarodis, Migration and MohullasInventing the SarodSarodiyas and SeniyasSarodiyas and Sarod GharanasSarodiyas and the StateMarketing SarodiyasConcusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex