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The rulers of the Mughal Empire of India, who reigned from 1526 to 1858, spared no expense as patrons of the arts, particularly painting and music. They left as their legacy an extraordinarily rich body of commissioned artistic projects including illustrated manuscripts and miniature paintings that represent musical instruments, portraits of musicians, and the compositions of ensembles. These images form the basis of Bonnie C. Wade's study of how musicians of Hindustan encountered and Indianized music from the Persian cultural sphere. Imaging Sound is a contribution to many fields in its unique combination of sources and methods: it is the study of musical change; of image-making in the past and the methodological use of images as "texts" in the present; of the role of patronage in the Mughal Empire; and of the development of South Asian culture..
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on September 1, 1996. The length of the article is 2085 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Heartland Excursions: Ethnomusicological Reflections on Schools of Music.
Author: Henry Kingsbury
Publication:Notes (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1996
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v53 Issue: n1 Page: p32(4)

Article Type: Book Review

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