Reviving the golden age again: "Classicization," Hindustani music, and the Mughals

Ethnomusicology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 484-517

  Schofield, Katherine Butler ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78449247470     PISSN: 00141836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/ethnomusicology.54.3.0484     Document Type: Review

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