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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE**

'A splendid book.' Literary Review
'A modern masterpiece.' New York Journal of Books

Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practises will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be.

Through essay, memoir and cultural study, Chaudhuri dwells on the music's most distinctive and mysterious characteristics, resulting in a gift of a book for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration.

'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation and insight.' -Geoff Dyer
'[A] compelling meditation on Indian and Western art-making.' The New Yorker

Finding the Raga

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 7 April 2022
      ISBN-13 9780571219117
      978-0571219117
      ISBN-10 057121911X
      Also in:
      Biography Memoirs Music

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      **SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE**

      'A splendid book.' Literary Review
      'A modern masterpiece.' New York Journal of Books

      Finding the Raga       is Amit Chaudhuri's revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practises will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be.

      Through essay, memoir and cultural study, Chaudhuri dwells on the music's most distinctive and mysterious characteristics, resulting in a gift of a book for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration.

      'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation and insight.' -Geoff Dyer
      '[A] compelling meditation on Indian and Western art-making.' The New Yorker

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