Article: The Classical Music of North India: The Music of the Baba Allauddin Gharana as Taught by Ali Akbar Khan, vol. 1.

George Ruckert's introduction to the classical music of North India, based on a typical first-year program of study at the Ali Akbar College of Music in California, offers an extensive anthology and a wealth of basic information in an attractive format. Ironically, those who will benefit the most from this volume are those who need it the least--those students who have been fortunate enough to receive this material orally from Ali Akbar Khan. Those who come to this volume on their own may ultimately be able to pick their way through the compositions, which are notated in a modified version of the traditional Indian letter notation, but what they will be able to produce will ...

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