Voice In The Drum : Music, Language and Emotion In Islamicate South Asia.

This book studies the connection of voices and drumming in parts of India and Pakistan, and considers the ways in which drums are thought to be voice-like and to carry textual meanings. With an author's note, notes, glossary, references, and index. Three appendices. Black & white photos. One map.

xxiv, 375 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 0252038584
ISBN13: 9780252038587