Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music, Penguin India, 9780670089925

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Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music

Amit Chaudhuri (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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About the author

Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri is one of the leading novelists of his generation. He is the author of four novels, a book of short stories, and a critical study of the poetry of D.H. Lawrence. He has also edited the Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature, and has been the recipient of several national and international awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Betty Trask Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, and the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is a critically acclaimed singer in the Hindustani classical tradition.

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