Reviews and feedback for “Il raga che porta la pioggia” by Pia Srinivasan Buonomo

Excerpt from the review by Laura Leante / 2007 Yearbook for Traditional Music The strength and originality of this book are to be found in its lying between genres: not being an academic musicological work, or a fieldwork journal, or simply a travelogue, it fills an empty corner in the literature, in which ethnomusicologists in …

Find a copy of The Oxford Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music

An indispensable and enriching reference for the connoisseur, practicing musician and dancer, interested amateur, impresario, teacher, and student, this completely revised, updated, and enlarged edition will also inform and engage anybody keen on learning more about Indian culture. Publication date: 27/01/2009 (Hardback, 552 pages) Critical acclaim from India and beyond“Pesch’s sumptuous Illustrated Companion is a …

What’s the difference between Hindustani and Carnatic music?

At first, this question seems easy to answer: just watch performers from either strand of Indian music and you’ll know Which is Which, merely going by the instruments in use, or how they dress and watching the body language involved: harmonium or sarangi vs. violin for melodic accompaniment for most vocal recitals, and tabla drums …

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