Designed As A Manual Or Reference Book, It Offers A General Introduction To South Asian Music, Its Essential Concepts, Perceptions In The South Asia Cultural Tr

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The critical importance of past for the present--of music histories in local and global forms--asserts itself. The history of world music, as each chapter makes

Ravindra Nath Sharma, b. 1941, Indian library and information scientist; contributed articles.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture presents key concepts in the study of music in its cultural context and provides an introduction to the discipline of