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**WINNER OF 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: An Improvisation on Indian Music

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**WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE**'A splendid book.' Literary Review'A modern masterpiece.' New York Journal of BooksFinding the Raga... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 07/04/2022
    ISBN13: 9780571219117, 978-0571219117
    ISBN10: 057121911X

    Number of Pages: 272

    Non Fiction , Entertainment

    Description

    **WINNER OF 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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