Music in Colonial Punjab Courtesans, Bards, and Connoisseurs, 1800-1947
$69.00
| Author: | Radha Kapuria |
| ISBN 13: | 9780192867346 |
| Binding: | Hardbound |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Subject: | Performing Arts/Music |
About the Book
This book offers the first social history of music in undivided Punjab (1800-1947), unearthing new evidence to argue for the power of female performers and the primacy of classical music for a region conventionally understood as a centre of folk music alone.