Book Summary
This book is a ground-breaking study of cultural performance. Specifically it is about Qawwali, conventionally understood as the music of Sufism in South Asia. One of the most highly regarded scholars in ethnomusicology, Regula Qureshi comes with a unique set of tools to bear on this study.
Book Details
Book Name | Sufi Music Of India And Pakistan: Sound, Context, And Meaning In Qawwali [With CD] |
Author | Regula Burckhardt Qureshi |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (May 2006) |
ISBN | 9780195979107 |
Pages | 265 |
Language | English |
Price | 595 |