The Emergence Of The Hindustani Tradition - Music, Dance And Drama In North India, 13th To 19th Cent

The Emergence of the Hindustani Tradition forges a link between history and musicology and emphasizes the importance of musical texts as a source of history. It enriches research on the history of music by bringing forth the role of the subaltern classes, specifically the role of women, in the making of Hindustani classicism.