Finding The Raga

Download or read book Finding The Raga written by Amit Chaudhuri and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By turns essay, memoir and cultural study, Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practices will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be. Tracing the music's development, Finding the Raga dwells on its most distinctive and mysterious characteristics: its extraordinary approach to time, language and silence; its embrace of confoundment, and its ethos of evocation over representation. The result is a strange gift of a book, for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration.