CONTENTS: Photographs, Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Getting Started, Notation, Guide to Pronunciation, The Music: Bhairav, Bhairavi, Asawari, Alhaiya Bilawal, Todi, Kafi, Khammaj, Kalyan, Puriya Dhanashri, Marwa, Exercises Rhythm and Tal, Biographies: Allauddin Khansahib Ali Akbar Khansahib, Manners among Musicians, Theory: Theory of Rag, Classification of Rag, Mood and Effect, Ornamentation, Form: Form, Dhrupad, Khyal, Light classical music, Instrumental Music, History, Major Treatises, Language: Language and lyric, Glossary, Bibliography, Sources for Publications, Index of First Lines, Index.