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Updated June, 2008

Collected Writings on Indian Music, Vol. I/V. Raghavan. Chennai, Dr. V. Raghavan Centre for Performing Arts, 2007, x, 292 p., 5 black and white figs., $25 (Vol. I). Details No. 56125

The Eloquent Garland : A Classical Dictionary of Composers and Musicians/N. Rajagopalan. Chennai, Carnatic Classicals, 2008, 832 p., $60. Details No. 56082

Essentials of Musicology in South Indian Music (With CD)/S.R. Janakiraman. Chennai, The Indian Music Pub., 2008, iv, 340 p., $30 (pbk). Details No. 56126

A Practical Guide to North Indian Classical Vocal Music : The Ten Basic Ra.gs with Compositions and Improvisations/Indurama Srivastava. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal Pub., 2008, xx, 230 p., 8 figs., $31. ISBN 81-215-1175-9.   Details No. 56215

Ragatalacintamani of Poluri Govinda Kavi : Critical Edition with Translation and Comments/N. Krishna Veni. Hyderabad, Dhanush Infotech, 2008, xxiv, 574 p., $40. Details No. 56124

Acoustical Perspective on Raga-Rasa Theory/Suvarnalata Rao. New Delhi, 2000, xiv, 145 p., $17. ISBN 81-215-0878-9.Details No. 15359

Aids to the Teaching of Music/P. Sambamurthy. Reprint. Madras, The Indian Music Publishing House, 1984, viii, 63 p., graphs, maps, $11 (pbk)  Details No. 29823

Aesthetic and Scientific Values in Carnatic Music/lecture-demonstrations by Vidya Shankar. Chennai, Parampara, 1997, viii, 255 p., $11 (pbk).   Details No. 30895

Aesthetic and Scientific Values in Carnatic Music, Vol. II/Vidya Shankar. Chennai, Parampara, 2005, xiii, 196 p., $15 (pbk).  Details No. 44721

Along the Path of Music/Prabha Atrre. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2005, ix, 213 p., photos, $22. ISBN 81-215-1157-7.  Details No. 43076

Among Contemporary Musicians/Susheela Misra. New Delhi, Harman, 2001, xxi, 258 p., $66. ISBN: 8-86622-46-2. Details No. 21644

Ancient Music Treasures : Exploration for New Music/Vee. Chennai, Anto Music International Research Centre, 2006, 160 p., figs., tables, $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-903416-0-X.  Details No. 45121

Antahswar : Inner Music/Prabha Atrre. Translated by Susheela Ambike. New Delhi, B.R. Pub., 2007, xvi, 74 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-7646-617-4.  Details No. 51246

Apoorva Kriti Manjari, Book I. Rare Compositions of the Trinity, With 2 CD/S. Balachander. Chennai, Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Trust, 2007, vi, 160 p., $35 (pbk). Details No. 53029

The Art and Science of Carnatic Music/Vidya Shankar. Reprint. Chennai, Parampara, 1999, vii, 216 p., $11 (pbk) Details No. 30894

The Art of Tabla Rhythm : Essentials, Tradition and Creativity (with CD)/Sudhir Kumar Saxena. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2006, xvi, 184 p., $35. ISBN 81-246-0368-5.  Details No. 46331

Aspects of Indian Music/edited by Sumati Mutatkar. New Delhi, Hope India Publications, 2006, $33. ISBN 81-7871-096-X. Details No. 45672

Aumapatam/M. Vijayalakshmi. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2004, xvi, 216 p., $25. ISBN 81-7453-159-9.  Details No. 39055

Bards, Ballads and Boundaries : An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan/Daniel Neuman, Shubha Chaudhuri and Komal Kothari. Calcutta, Seagull Books, 2006, xx, 396 p., tables, plates, maps, $70. ISBN 1-9054-2-207-5.  Details No. 50379

The Basic Veena Course, (2 Vols. of CDS Enclosed)/Priya Chandrasekaran. Chennai, Musee Musicals, 2007, iii, 97 p., $35 (pbk). Details No. 54030

Becoming a Global Audience : Longing and Belonging in Indian Music Television/Vamsee Juluri. New Delhi, Orient Longman, 2004, xi, 155 p., figs., $17 (pbk). ISBN 81-250-2741-6.  Details No. 37850

Begum Akhtar : The Story of My Ammi/Shanti Hiranand. New Delhi, Viva Books, 2005, xxiii, 170 p., photos, $65. ISBN 81-309-0172-2.  Details No. 43569

Bengal Raag/Durdana Soomro and Ghazala Hameed. Dhaka, Writers.ink, 2006, 149 p., $20. ISBN 984-32-2930-4.  Details No. 44971

Beyond Destiny : The Life and Times of Subbudu/Lada Guruden Singh. Mumbai, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2005, 265 p., $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-7276-369-7. Details No. 42992

Beyond Time : The Ageless Music of Jagjit Singh (With 2 Vols.-CD)/edited by Asha Rani Mathur. New Delhi, Habitat Arts Pvt. Ltd., 2002, 164 p., photographs, $132. ISBN 81-901563-0-6.   Details No. 29755

Bhupen Hazarika : The Roving Minstrel/Arup Kumar Dutta. New Delhi, Rupa & Co., 2002, 80 p., photographs, $11. ISBN 81-2910015-0. Details No. 30064

Biographies of Composers in Sangeeta Sampradaya Pradarsini/English translation by R. Kausalya. Thanjavur, Marabu Foundation, 2007, xvi, 46 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 55294

Breathing Rhythms (CD)/Glen Velez. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38752

Cameos : A Collection of Writings on Karnatic Musicians of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries/Soolamangalam Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar. Reprint. Chennai, Sunadham, 2005, xxii, 136 p., plates, $18 (pbk). Details No. 40231

Carnatic Fun Task Tic! : Learning Carnatic is Fun: A Practical Guide to the Fundamentals of Carnatic Music for Beginners, Advanced Level Students, Performers and Teachers, Vol. I (With CD)/K.N. Shashikiran. Chennai, Shristi's Carnatica Pvt. Ltd., 2007, xvi, 268 p., $20 (pbk). Details No. 54920  

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 1 : A Primer for Learning Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Violin/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 120 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 91-85-381-90-9.  Details No. 52996

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 2 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Adi Tala Varnam-I/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 128 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-917 [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Adi Tala and Ata Tala Varnam].  Details No. 54937

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 3 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Adi Tala Varnam-2/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, vi, 128 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-92-5. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Adi Tala and Ata Tala Varnam].  Details No. 54940

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 4 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Ata Tala Varnam/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 108 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-93-3. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Adi Tala and Ata Tala Varnam].  Details No. 54942

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 5 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin: Kritis-1/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 128 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-95-1. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Keertanam].  Details No. 54943

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 6 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin : Kritis-2/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 128 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-95-X. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Keertanam].  Details No. 54944

Carnatic Music Reader in Western Staff Notation 7 : Tutor for Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Violin : Kritis-3/V.K. Krishna Prasad. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2007, viii, 136 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-85-381-96-8. [Three Part Series Containing Lessons on Playing Keertanam].  Details No. 54945  

Carnatic Summer : Lives of Twenty Great Exponents/V. Sriram. Chennai, East West Books, 2004, xix, 311 p., $18 (pbk). ISBN 81-88661-26-0. Details No. 40312

Caroline Myss' Chakra Meditation Music (CD)/Stevin McNamara. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33.  Details No. 38741

Celtic Meditation Music (CD)/Aine Minogue. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38751

Chanting the Chakras : Roots of Awakening (CD)/Layne Redmond. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38743

Classical Musical Instruments/Suneera Kasliwal. Reprint. New Delhi, Rupa Co., 2004, x, 330 p., $17 (pbk) ISBN 81-291-0425-3.  Details No. 37728

Coleridge and the Indian Theory of Rasa/Minu Kashyap. New Delhi, Anmol, 2004, x, 147 p., $22. ISBN 81-261-1743-5. Details No. 33171

A Comparative Evolution of Music in India and The West/Swatantra Sharma. 1997, xii, 212 p., $48.  Details No. 13707

A Comparative Study of Selected Hindustani Raga-s--based on Contemporary Practice/Patrick Moutal. 1991, 580 p., plates, $26. Details No. 6529

Compositions in Ragas of Similar Notes in Hindustani Music/Alka Nagpal. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2007, xii, 360 p., $60. ISBN 81-7453-237-4.  Details No. 49265

Compositions of Muddusvami Dikshitar : In National and International Scripts: Devanagari and Roman with Meaning and S R G M Notations in English/compiled and edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Reprint. Chennai, Ganamandir Pub., 2003, xvii, 429 p., $45. ISBN 0-965 1871-2-8. Details No. 35630

Compositions of Maharaja Swati Tirunal in Devanagari and Diacritical Roman Scripts with SRGM Notations and Meaning in English/compiled and edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Chennai, Ganamandir Pub., 2002, xxvi, 486 p., $25. ISBN 0-965 1871-4-4. [Music Series – VI]   Details No. 29771

Compositions of Syama Sastri : Subbaraya Sastri and Annasvami Sastri : In National and International Scripts: Devanagari and Roman with Meaning and SRGM Notations in English/compiled and edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Reprint. Chennai, Ganamandir Pub., 2003, x, 135 p., $17. ISBN 0-965 1871-2-8. Details No. 35629

Compositions of Tyagaraja : In National and International Scripts: Devanagari & Roman with Meaning and S R G M Notations in English/compiled & edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Reprint. Chennai, Ganamandir Publications, 1999, xxii, 676 p., $66. ISBN 0-965-1871-3-6.   Details No. 29772

A Comprehensive Dictionary of Carnatic Music : Dictionary, Concepts, Charts, Ragas, Thalas, Compositions, Instruments, Musical Pillars and Much More/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2005, 396 p., $55.   Details No. 44455

Contributions of Saints and Seers to the Music of India/Shantsheela Sathianathan. 1996, 2 v., vii, 589 p., illus., $106 (set). Details No. 11148

Core of Karnatic Music (Karnataka Sangeethamrutham)/A.D. Madhavan. Kerala, Music Zone, 2003, 626 p., $39. Details No. 34334

The Devadasi and the Saint : The Life and Times of Bangalore Nagarathnamma/Sriram. V. New Delhi, East West Books, 2007, xxiv, 208 p., $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-88661-70-1.  Details No. 54907  

Dictionary of Music, Dance and Drama/Biswajit Sinha. Delhi, Raj, 2003, viii, 384 p., $44. ISBN 81-86208-24-0.  Details No. 29480

Dictionary of Music/Eric Blom. Reprint. New Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2007, xiv, 707 p., $33. ISBN 81-8090-172-0.  Details No. 53456

Dictionary of Music/Nirmala Devi. New Delhi, Anmol, 2004, vi, 314 p., $14. ISBN 81-261-1842-3.   Details No. 34530

Dictionary of Music/Padma Aiyer. New Delhi, Vishvabharti Pub., 2004, v, 364 p., $30. ISBN 81-89000-33-0.  Details No. 39220

Dictionary of Music/Sanskriti Sharma. Delhi, Ivy Pub., 2005, v, 170 p., $25. ISBN 81-7890-119-6.  Details No. 39298

A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians/P. Sambamurthy. Reprint. Madras, Indian Music Publishing House, 2001, 3 Vols., 535 p., plates, illust., $33 (pbk). [To be completed in 4 Vols]. Details No. 30991

A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians of Prof. P. Sambamoorthy, Vol. IV (O-S)/edited by M.B. Vedavalli. Chennai, The Karnatic Music Book Centre, 2007, xxi, 274 p., plates, $20 (pbk). Details No. 52997

Divan-E-Ghalib : Urdu-Hindi to English Selected Gazals/Translated by Kunwar Rajinder Singh Rana. New Delhi, Anmol, 2005, xiii, 188 p., $25. ISBN 81-261-2361-3.  Details No. 42370

Divine Service and the Performing Arts in India/Selina Thielemann. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2002, iv, 142 p., ills., $39. ISBN 81-7648-333-8. Details No. 24624

Diwan-I-Hafiz/translation and commentary by M.G. Gupta. Agra, M.G. Pub., 1997, viii, 671 p., $36. ISBN 81-85532-29-X.  Details No. 40562

Drum : How to Play the Rhythms of Africa and Latin America : Includes Instruction Booklet with Tablatures (CD)/Geoff Johns. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38753

Elements of Western Music for Students of Indian Music/P. Sambamoorthy. Chennai, The Indian Music Pub., 2006, iv, 24 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 53873

Encyclopaedia of Indian Music/Amrita Priyamvada. New Delhi, Anmol, 2007, xvi, 384 p., $120. ISBN 81-261-3114-4.  Details No. 53466

Encyclopaedia of Indian Music with Special Reference to the Ragas. Delhi, Satguru, 1988, 3 Vols. (Bound in one), $22. ISBN 81-7030-007-X. Details No. 23945

Encyclopaedia of Music/Praveen Patnaik. New Delhi, Commonwealth, 2005, 6 Vols., 1804 p., $160 (set). ISBN 81-311-0006-5.  Details No. 42878

Encyclopaedia of Music/Sapna Mattoo. New Delhi, Anmol Pub., 2006, vi, 242 p., $70. ISBN 81-261-2990-5.  Details No. 47860

Enlightening the Listener : Contemporary North Indian Classical Vocal Music Performance/Prabha Atre. New Delhi, 2000, xii, 154 p., audio cassette, $18. ISBN 81-215-0940-8. Details No. 15422

The Essence of Music : A Linguistic Approach to Modern Bengali Songs/Mausumi Majumdar. Kolkata, Sanskrit Book Depot, 2005, xxiv, 139 p., $20.  Details No. 40682

The Essential Kamasutra (CD)/Wendy Doniger. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $44. Details No. 38748

Ethnomusicology : A Study of Intercultural Musicology/S.A.K. Durga. Madras, Center for Ethnomusicology, 1996, viii, 123 p.,  $11 (pbk). [Monograph Series No. 2] Details No. 33994

Ethnomusicology : A Study of Intercultural Musicology/S.A.K. Durga. Reprint. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2004, xiv, 138 p., $17. ISBN 81-88827-01-0.  Details No. 36638

Ever Green : Lyrics and Notation of Carnatic Classical Songs/compiled by T.H. Thiyagarajan. Chennai, SN Pub., 2003, x, 62 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 34588 

The Evolution of Khasi Music: A Study of the Classical Content/Lapynshai Syiem. New Delhi, Regency Pub., 2005, xii, 192 p., $65. ISBN 81-89233-13-0. Details No. 40024

Facets of Notation in South Indian Music/Sharada Gopalam. 1991, 112 p., $13. Details No. 6754

The Flute/P. Sambamurthy. Reprint. Chennai, The Indian Music, 2004, 143 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40339

Folk India : A Comprehensive Study of Indian Folk Music and Culture/Manorma Sharma. New Delhi, Sundeep Prakashan, 2004, 11 Volumes, 3404 p., 157 line drawings, 133 coloured plates, $363 (set). ISBN 81-7574-142-2. Details No. 32976

Folk Music and Musical Instruments of Punjab : from Mustard Fields to Disco Lights/Alka Pande. Ahmedabad, 1999, 128 p., photos, music CD, $66. ISBN 81-85822-62-X. Details No. 15257

Folk Music of the Himalayas/Mandira Ghosh. Gurgaon, Shubhi, 2004, 204 p., $105. ISBN 81-8290-016-6.  Details No. 37334

The Folk-Rhymes of the Bengali Vratas : Complete and Fully Translated and Annotated/edited by Bhabataran Datta. Kolkata, The Asiatic Society, 2007, xxxii, 272 p., $40. Details No. 50212

Folk Songs from Uttar Pradesh/Laxmi Ganesh Tewari. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2006, x, 334 p., $31. ISBN 81-246-0354-5.   Details No. 44439

Folk Songs of Goa : Mando-Dulpods and Deknnis/Jose Pereira, Micael Martins and Antonio da Costa. New Delhi, Aryan Books, 2005, xxv, 85 p., $19. ISBN 81-7305-280-8.  Details No. 38670

The Folk-Songs of Southern India/Charles E. Gover. Reprint. 1999, 299 p., $29. ISBN 81-206-1396-1.Details No. 14395

The Forgotten Forms of Hindustani Music/Rabindra Bharali. New Delhi, Kanishka Pub., 2008, xvi, 110 p., $20. ISBN 81-8457-002-9. Details No. 53956

Foundations of Indian Musicology--Perspectives in the Philosophy of Art and Culture/Pradip Kumar Sengupta. 1991, xii, 159 p., $11. Details No. 6454

From the Tanjore Court to the Madras Music Academy : A Social History of Music in South India/Lakshmi Subramanian. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2006, x, 196 p., illus., $30. ISBN 0-19-567835-4.  Details No. 45019

Fundamentals of Indian Music/Swatantra Sharma. 1996, xvii, 313 p., illus., $30. Details No. 11017

Ganamrutha Bodhini (Sangeetha Bala Padam)/A. S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2002, viii, 72 p.,  $11 (pbk) Details No. 30789

Ganamrutha Varna Malika/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2002, xxii, 122 p., $11 (pbk) Details No. 30790

Gana Saraswathi : D.K. Pattammal: Dimensions of a Divine Songster/Nithya Raj. Mumbai, Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, 2007, 128 p., $20. Details No. 54908  

Ghunyatu'l Munya : The Earliest Persian Work on Indian Classical Music/translated into English and annotated by Shahab Sarmadee. New Delhi, Northern Book Centre, 2003, xlvi, 158 p., figs., $42. ISBN 81-7211-144-4.    Details No. 34431

Girija : A Journey through Thumri/Yatindra Mishra. New Delhi, Rupa and Co., 2006, 115 p., photographs, $35. ISBN 81-291-0857-7.  Details No. 44141

The Gita Govinda of Sri Jayadev/A.K. Tripathy and P.C. Tripathy. New Delhi, Publications Division, 2006, xiv, 188 p., $25. ISBN 81-230-1313-2.  Details No. 44628 

Gleanings of Indian Music and Art/edited by Leela Omchery and Deepti Bhalla. 1991, x, 372 p., $53. Details No. 6829

Glimpses of Carnatic Music for NET. SLET. JRF./T.V. Manikandan. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2005, viii, 86 p., $15. ISBN 81-7391-767-1.  Details No. 41468

Global Impact of Indian Music : With Special Reference to Mauritius/Gautami Bhagat Ramyad. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2007, xxii, 186 p., $17. ISBN 81-7453-299-4.  Details No. 54503

The Glory of Indian Heritage/edited by K. Mahadevan, V.K. Madhavan Kutty, Kiran Ramachandran N. and Joseph Ouseparampil. 1998, xii, 471 p., $40. Details No. 13075

The Great Bathroom Singer/S.S. Venkatraman. Chennai, Karnatic Music, 2001, 76 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 45492

Great Composers/edited by Gowri Kuppuswamy and M. Hariharan. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2005, vi, 252 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40336

Great Composers/P. Sambamurthy. Chennai, The Indian Music Pub., 2004, 2 vols., xvi, 530 p., plates, $20 (pbk). Details No. 39362 

Great Musicians : Giving Biographical Sketches and Critical Estimates of 15 of the Musical Luminaries of the Post-Tyagaraja Period/P. Sambamoorthy. Reprint. Chennai, Karnatic Music Book Centre, 1996, viii, 102 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 53870

Golden Treasury of Swathi Tirunal Kritis/S. Bhagyalekhsmy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Publications, 1999, 82 p., $11 (pbk) ISBN 81-85381-19-4.  Details No. 29829

Guitar : Quickstart : A Guide to Playing and Understanding Music Reading and Chord Techniques/Mary Jo Disler. Varanasi, Pilgrims, 2006, $11. ISBN 71-7769-185-6.  Details No. 45206

"Guldasta" : Prof. D.T. Joshi and His Compositions/Pt. Debu Chaudhuri. Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2005, xxiv, 99 p., $25. ISBN 81-7453-158-0.  Details No. 38963

Guru Guha Ganamrutham : Sree Muthuswamy Dikshithar (Text-Transliteration English)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 1999, xxvi, 114 p., $11 (pbk) Details No. 30787

Hariprasad Chaurasia : Romance of the Bamboo Reed : A Biography/Uma Vasudev. Gurgaon, Shubhi, 2005, 350 p., photographs, $28. ISBN 81-8290-042-5.  Details No. 41913

The Harmonium Handbook : Owning, Playing and Maintaining the Devotional Instrument of India/Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt. New Delhi, New Age Books, 2004, 156 p., figs., $11 (pbk) ISBN 81-7822-213-2.  Details No. 36362

Himalayan Nights : Sitar and Tabla Backgrounds for Relaxation (CD)/Agni and Lewis Howard. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38742

Himalayan Sunrise : Sitar and Tabla Backgrounds for Vitality (CD)/Agni and Lewis Howard. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38755

Himalayan Touch : Sitar and Tabla Backgrounds for Healing (CD)/Agni and Lewis Howard. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38749

Hindustani Music : A Tradition in Transition/Deepak S. Raja. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2005, xxix, 432 p., $47. ISBN 81-246-0320-0.  Details No. 39913

Hindustani Music and the Aesthetic Concept of Form/Anjali Mittal. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2000, x, 174 p., $20. ISBN 81-246-0134-8.  Details No. 31562

Hindustani Sangeet and a Philosopher of Art : Music, Rhythm, and Kathak Dance vis-a-vis Aesthetics of Susanne K. Langer/Sushil Kumar Saxena. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2001, xi, 383 p., $33. ISBN 81-246-0180-1. (New Vistas in Indian Performing Arts, no. 2). Details No. 21494

Hindustani and Persio-Arabian Music : An Indepth, Comparative Study/Divya Mansingh Kaul. New Delhi, Kanishka Pub., 2007, xxxiv, 246 p., $36. ISBN 81-7391-923-2.  Details No. 52002

A Historical Study of Indian Music/Swami Prajnanananda. Reprint. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2002, xxxii, 412 p., $25. ISBN 81-215-0177-6. Details No. 28113

History of Indian Music/P. Sambamurthy. Reprint. Chennai, The Indian Music Publishing House, 1998, viii, 262 p., 18 plates,  $11 (pbk) Details No. 29786

History of Music/Padma Iyer. New Delhi, Vishvabharti Publications, 2004, vii, 303 p., $35. ISBN 81-89000-31-4.  Details No. 38074

The History of Tamil Music/Salem S. Jayalakshmi. Chennai, University of Madras, 2003, xvi, 235 p., $22.  Details No. 38092

108 Cine Ragams : Carnatic Music in Tamil Films (CD-Rom Inside)/S.  Parthasarathy. Chennai, Amritha Parthasarathy, 2005, x, 236 p., $25 (pbk). Details No. 45613

108 Divya Ragams : Appreciating the Beauty of Carnatic Music (With CD)/S. Parthasarathy. Chennai, Amritha Parthasarathy, 2004, 2 vols., xiv, 459 p., $33 (pbk).  Details No. 38062

I, Omar : A Musical Journey Into the Inner World of Omar Khayyam's Mystical Love-Poem, The Rubaiyat (CD)/Swami Kriyananda(Donald Walters). New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38754

Imaging Sound : An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art and Culture in Mughal India/Bonnie C. Wade. 1999, 276 p., illustrated, maps, $105. ISBN 019565032-8. Details No. 14602

The Importance of Tone, Tune and Text in Indian Music/Debashree Bhattacharya. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2007, xiv, 236 p., $28. ISBN 81-7453-282-X.  Details No. 54500

Incredible India : Classical Music/text by Debu Chaudhuri. Photo edited by Avinash Pasricha. New Delhi, Wisdom Tree, 2007, 106 p., photographs, $39. ISBN 81-8328-068-4. Details No. 49911

Indian Classical Music and Gharana Tradition/R.C. Mehta. New Delhi, Readworthy, 2008, xii, 252 p., $43.  ISBN 81-89973-09-6.  Details No. 55352

Indian Folk Music : Bhawaiya: Ethnomusicological Study/Sukhbilas Barma. New Delhi, Global Vision, 2004, xv, 335 p., $70. ISBN 81-8220-070-9.  Details No. 39169

Indian Music/A. Pingle. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, 2003, xl, 341 p., tables, $22 (pbk). ISBN 81-7030-193-9.  Details No. 31122

Indian Music : Its Origin, History and Characteristics/edited by M. Vijaylakshmi. Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2004, 91 p., plates, $22. ISBN 81-7453-155-6. Details No. 38962

Indian Music: Scientific and Practical/Babu Nanak Prasad. Reprint. New Delhi, Sundeep Prakashan, 2003, 113 p., $11. ISBN 81-7574-145-7. Details No. 32453

Indian Music Series : Book I, II, and III/S.V. Leela. Reprint. Chennai, The Trinity Music Book, 2004, vii, 272 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40341

Indian Music and An Enchanting Amalgam Of Dance/Vasanthy Krishna Rao. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2006, xii, 182 p, $22. ISBN 81-7453-245-5. Details No. 46387

Indian Music and its Assessment a Sociological Perspective/Ishrat Jahan. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2002, 136 p., $20. ISBN 81-7391-461-3. Details No. 22697

Indian Music and Swati Tirunal/Vasanthy Krishna Rao. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2006, viii, 53 p., $11. ISBN 81-7453-244-7. Details No. 46220

Indian Orchestra : Vadya-Vrinda : Origin and Growth/Pritam Kaur. New Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2008, xvi, 140 p., 37 plates, $55. ISBN 81-88827-16-9.  Details No. 54582

Institutionalised Teaching System of Carnatic Music/T. Unnikrishnan. New Delhi, Agam Kala Prakashan, 2006, xii, 138 p., $21. ISBN 81 7320 068 8. Details No. 45616

An Introduction to Western Music/M.P. George. Revised English Version. Kottayam, Orthodox Seminary, 2003, 111 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 42208

Inventing the Sarod : A Cultural History/Adrian Mcneil. Calcutta, Seagull, 2004, xii, 277 p., $39. ISBN 81-7046-213-4.  Details No. 37135

Japasutram : The Science of Creative Sound/Swami Pratyagatmananda Saraswati. Reprint. Chennai, Vak Parampara, 2007, 300 p., $25 (pbk). ISBN 81-89305-03-4.   Details No. 52637

Jarigan : Muslim Epic Songs of Bangladesh/Mary Frances Dunham. 1997, xxvii, 368 p., one cassette, plates, $40. Details No. 13127

Journey with a Hundred Strings : My Life in Music/Shiv Kumar Sharma. New Delhi, Viking, 2002, xiv, 194 p., $22. ISBN 0-67-004933-6.  Details No. 28568

K.L. Saigal : Immortal Singer and Superstar/Pran Nevile. New Delhi, Nevile Books, 2004, 199 p., photos, $110. ISBN 81-901166-1-4.  Details No. 39443

K.V. Narayanaswamy : Foremost Disciple of 'Ariyakudi'/Neelam. Chennai, K.V. Narayanaswamy, 2001, 155 p., plates, $17. Details No. 42209

Karnaataka Apoorva Raaga Compositions Index/compiled by R. Anantha Subrahmanya Iyer. Chennai, Karnatic Music, 2000, 124 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 45501

Karnataka Music as Aesthetic Form/R. Sathyanarayana. New Delhi, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2004, xiii, 185 p., $19. ISBN 81-87586-16-8. [History of Science, Philosophy, and Culture in Indian Civilization].  Details No. 38001

Karnataka Sangeeta Sastra : Theory of Carnatic Music/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Translated by T.T. Vijayaraghavan. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2001, x, 110 p., $11 (pbk) Details No. 30780

Karnataka's Hindustani Musicians/Sadanand Kanavalli. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2004, vii, 191 p., $22. ISBN 81-88827-03-7.  Details No. 36654

Karnatic Music Reader/S. Bhagyalekshmy. Nagercoil, CBH Publications, 1996--1998, 4 Volumes, 374 p., $22 (set). ISBN 81-85-381-46-1(Vol. I), 81-85-281-47-X (Vol. II), 81-85-381-48-8 (Vol. III). 81-85-281-49-6 (Vol. IV).   Details No. 29791

Kishore Kumar : Method in Madness/Derek Bose. New Delhi, Rupa, 2004, 128 p., $28. ISBN 81-291-526-8. Details No. 37541

Korvais Made Easy/M.N. Hariharan. Chennai, M.N. Hariharan, 2004, xxxv, 171 p., tables, $13 (pbk) Details No. 38093 

Krtimanimalai : Sri Tyagaraja Svami's Compositions/Padma Varadan. Mumbai, Vipanci Charitable Trust, 2005, 2 Vols., xiv, 1970 p., $75 (set). ISBN 81-87723-09-2.  Details No. 40517

Krti Samskrti (Krti Tradition in Karnatak Music)/Lalita Ramakrishna. Bangalore, Kalpatharu Research Academy, 2006, xv, 264 p., $25. Details No. 45609

Kunjamma-Ode to a Nightingale/Lakshmi Vishwanathan. New Delhi, Roli Books, 2003, 128 p., photographs, $28. ISBN 81-7436-273-0. Details No. 34124

Laksana and Laksya of Carnatic Music : A Quest/T.V. Manikandan. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2004, xiii, 219 p., tables, $28.  ISBN 81-7391-659-4.  Details No. 36575

Lakshanagranthas in Music/S. Bhagyalekshmy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Publications, 1999, xii, 220 p., $11 (pbk) ISBN 81-85-381-13-5.   Details No. 29780

Light of the Universe : Essays on Hindustani Film Music/Ashraf Aziz. New Delhi, Three Essays Collective, 2003, xxviii, 127 p., $20. ISBN 81-88789-07-0. Details No. 31858

Love Sonnets of Ghālib/translations and explication by Sarfaraz K. Niazi. New Delhi, Rupa & Co., 2002, xliii, 1019 p., $55. ISBN 81-7167-596-4. Details No. 24490

Lyric - Lute/Mahendra Bhatnagar. New Delhi, Vista International Publishing House, 2007, xvii, 275 p., $33. ISBN 81-89942-03-8. Details No. 51339

Lyrics of Thyagaraja : Cult of Devotion and social Realism/T.V. Kuppuswami. Delhi, Adroit, 2004, 143 p., $14. ISBN 81-87392-47-9.  Details No. 35169

Medicinal Music/T.V. Sairam. Chennai, Nada Centre for Music Therapy, 2004, ii, 51 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 38630

The Melakarta Janya-Raga Scheme with an Explanatory Chart and Two Appendices Mode-Shift-Ton or the Graha Bheda Pradarsini/P. Sambamurthy. Reprint. Chennai, The Indian Music Pub., 2003, vi, 20 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 53871

Mira Bai and her Padas/Translated into English verse with an introduction by Krishna P. Bahadur. 1998, xviii, 115 p., $14. Details No. 13050

Mira : The Emancipated Soul/Kavita Kumar. New Delhi, Harman, 2004, ix, 153 p., $21. ISBN 81-86622-69-1.  Details No. 37490

Mirza Ghalib and the Mirs of Gujarat/Mir Jaffar Imam. New Delhi, Rupa & Co., 2003, xxvi, 259 p., ills., $39. ISBN 81-291-0057-6.   Details No. 30705

Monograph on Shehnai Maestro Bismillah Khan/edited by Neena Jha and Shivnath Jha. Ghaziabad, Neena Jha and Shivnath Jha, 2007, 200 p., photos, $70. ISBN 81-7525-640-0.  Details No. 50507

Motivational Analysis in Music and Dance/D. Laavanya Balasubrahmanyam. New Delhi, Discovery Pub., 2005, x, 123 p., figs., $20. ISBN 81-7141-988-7.  Details No. 43399

Mrdangam : The King of Percussions (With VCD)/T.V. Gopalakrishnan. Chennai, Karnatic Music, 2008, xx, 228 p., $40 (pbk). Details No. 56024

Mridanga Nada Manjari/E.P. Narayana Pisharody. Chennai, Guruvayur Dorai, 2001, xxvi, 144 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 53757

Mridangam : An Indian Classical Percussion Drum/Shreejayanthi Gopal. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2004, xvi, 120 p., maps, plates, $20. ISBN 81-88827-00-2.  Details No. 34407

Mrudanga Swabodhini/Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer. Improved and enlarged edition. Chennai, The Karnatic Music Book Centre, 2005, ix, 121 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 53756

Murugarathnaakaram/T.N. Bala. Chennai, Parampara, 2004, xi, 163 p., $11 (pbk) Details No. 35559

Music Aesthetics/Manorma Sharma. New Delhi, A.P.H. Pub., 2007, vi, 242 p., $33. ISBN 81-313-0032-3.  Details No. 46789

Music Contexts : A Concise Dictionary of Hindustani Music/Ashok Da. Ranade. New Delhi, Promilla and Co., 2006, 342 p., $40. ISBN 81-85002-63-0.  Details No. 45794 

Music Education/Dinesh Swarup. New Delhi, Vishvabharti Pub., 2004, vii, 271 p., $22. ISBN 81-89000-19-5.  Details No. 38255

Music Education/Naresh Kumar. Delhi, Adroit, 2004, vii, 234 p., $22. ISBN 81-87392-50-9.  Details No. 37641

Music India/Manorma Sharma. 1999, vii, 589 p., $61. ISBN 81-7648-031-2. Details No.14803

Music Information Retrieval/Padma Iyer. New Delhi, Vishvabharti Publications, 2004, vii, 235 p., $31. ISBN 81-89000-32-2.  Details No. 38524

Music Makers : Living Legends of Indian Classical Music/Ashok Roy. New Delhi, Rupa. Co., 2004, 335 p., $61. ISBN 81-291-0319-2.  Details No. 35340

Music, Time and Place : Essays in Comparative Musicology/Martin Clayton. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2007, iv, 296 p., figs., tables, $50. ISBN 81-88827-06-1.  Details No. 51261

Music and Bharathanatyam/S. Bhagyalekshmy. 1991, viii, 127 p., 53 plates, $23. Details No. 6409

Music and Dance in the Thanjavur Big Temple/Gnaanaa Kulendran. Trichy, Krishni Pathippakam, 2004, xviii, 148 p., figs., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 36520

Music and Fine Arts in the Devotional Traditions of India Worship Through Beauty/Saurabh Goswami and Selina Thielemann. New Delhi, A.P.H. Pub., 2005, x, 175 p., plates, $55. ISBN 81-7648-811-9.  Details No. 39623

Music and Musical Instruments of the Garo Tribe of North-East India/Iris Watre Thomas. New Delhi, Akansha, 2007, x, 134 p., tables, $25. ISBN 81-8370-079-9.  Details No. 51427

Music and Musical Thought in Early India/Lewis Rowell. 1998, xvii, 409 p., ill., $30. ISBN 81-215-0867-3. Details No. 13795

Music and Temples : A Ritualistic Approach/L. Annapoorna. Delhi, Sundeep, 2000, x, 245 p., $66. ISBN 81-7574-090-6. Details No. 17913   

Music in Traditional Indian Theatre : Special Reference to Raas Leela/Rani Balbir Kaur. Gurgaon, Shubhi, 2006, 200 p., $54. ISBN 81-87226-99-4.  Details No. 47174

Music of Eastern India : Vocal Music in Bengali, Oriya, Assamese and Manipuri With Special Emphasis on Bengali/Sukumar Ray. Reprint. Calcutta, Firma KLM, 1985, xvi, 315 p., $11. Details No. 26140

Music of India/Reginald & Jamila Massey. 1996, 190 p., illus., $17. Details No. 11235

Music of India/William Jones and N. Augustus Willard. New Delhi, Vishvabharti, 2006, x, 121 p., plates, $20. ISBN 81-89000-57-8.  Details No. 43519

Music and Modernity : North Indian Classical Music in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction/edited by Amlan Das Gupta. Kolkata, Thema, 2007, x, 256 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-86017-34-8. Details No. 52891

Music of the Nations : A Comparative Study/Swami Prajnanananda. Reprint. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2002, xii, 223 p., $15. ISBN 81-215-0335-3. Details No. 27625

The Music of South Asia/Selina Thielemann. 1999, 690 p., $83. ISBN 81-7648-057-6. Details No. 14912

Music to Thy Ears : Great Masters of Hindustani Instrumental Music/Mohan Nadkarni. New Delhi, Somaiya Pub., 2002, xii, 216 p., photographs, $22. ISBN 81-7039-248-9. Details No. 29413

Musical Composers during Wodeyar Dynasty (1638 – 1947 A.D.)/Meera Rajaram Pranesh. Bangalore, Vee Emm Pub., 2003, xvi, 261 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 31130

Musical Culture of the Munda Tribe/Sem Topno. New Delhi, Concept, 2004, xvi, 589 p., $50. ISBN 81-8069-024-5.  Details No. 34997

Musical Forms in Sangitaratnakara/N. Ramanathan. 1999, xvi, 547 p., $55. Details No. 14929

The Musical Heritage of India/M.R. Gautam. Second revised and enlarged edition. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001, xiii, 209 p., photographs, $33. ISBN 81-215-0934-3. Details No. 19094

Musical Heritage of India/Lalita Ramakrishna. New Delhi, Shubhi Pub., 2003, xiv, 291 p., photographs, $132. ISBN 81-87226-61-7.   Details No. 29814

Musical Heritage of India/Manorma Sharma. New Delhi, APH Pub., 2007, x, 228 p., $28. ISBN 81-313-0046-3.  Details No. 48045

The Musical Heritage of Lucknow/Susheela Misra. 1991, xxii, 156 p., ill., col. plates, $30.  Details No. 6205

Musical Instruments of Tribal India/Dilip Bhattacharya. 1999, 240 p., col. plates, $129. ISBN 81-7049-029-8.Details No. 13992

Musical Instruments of Nepal (With CD)/Ram Prasad Kadel. Edited by Norma Blackstock. Kathmandu, Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum, 2007, xxvi, 312 p., photographs, tables, maps, $40. ISBN 9946-883-0-8. Details No. 55898

Musical Instruments of the World/Carl Engel. Jaipur, ABD, 2004, v, 208 p., plates, $25. ISBN 81-89011-30-8.  Details No. 38380

The Musical Journey of Kumar Gandharva/Raghava R. Menon. New Delhi, Vision Books, 2001, 124 p., photographs, $22. ISBN 81-7094-475-9. Details No. 33962

Musical Spring : Christian Music Exponents in Tamilnadu/Anand Amaladass. Chennai, Satya Nilayam Pub., 2007, xvi, 312 p., $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-903656-1-4. Details No. 55928

Musical Traditions of Vaisnava Temples in Vraja : A Comparative Study of Samaja and the Dhrupada Tradition of North Indian Classical Music/Selina Thielemann. New Delhi, Sagar Printers, 2001, xxx, 2 Vols., 942 p., $187 (set). ISBN 81-7123-070-9. Details No. 25744

Musical Works of Maharaja Swati Tirunal/M. Hariharan & G. Kuppuswamy. 1990, xxix, 358 p., bibliography, $46. Details No. 6468

Muthuswamy Dikshitar Compositions: Edited with Text and Notation of Select Compositions/S. Bhagyalekshmy and M.N. Moorthy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2002, 127p.,  $11 (pbk) ISBN 81-85381-50-X.   Details No. 29830

The Mystic Harp (CD)/Derek Bell. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38747

Mystic Harp 2 : Sailing the Blue Sea (CD)/Derek Bell. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38756

The Mystic Songs of Kanha and Saraha : The Doha-Kosa and the Carya/translated into English from French by Pranabesh Sinha Ray. Kolkata, The Asiatic Society, 2007, xxiv, 212 p., $25. Details No. 50209 

Nartananirnaya of Pandarika Vitthala, Vol. I/edited and translated with commentary by R. Sathyanarayana. New Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 1994, xiv, 358 p., $40. ISBN 81-208-1217-9. [Kalamulasastra Series - 17].  Details No. 56171

Nartananirnaya of Pandarika Vitthala, Vol. II/edited and translated with commentary by R. Sathyanarayana. New Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 1996, xii, 492 p., $55. ISBN 81-208-1218-2 [Kalamulasastra Series - 18]. Details No. 56172

Nartananirnaya of Pandarika Vitthala, Volume III/edited by R. Sathyanarayana. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1998, xii, 558 p., $60. ISBN 81-208-1219-0. [Kalamulasastra series 19].  Details No. 56173

Navagraha Ganamrutham (With Notation)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 1995, xii, 44 p., $11. Details No. 30783

Nedunuri Sangeetha Saurabham/edited by K. Subadra Murthy. Mumbai, Raga Madhuri, 2002, 152 p., plates, $14 (pbk)  Details No. 38095

New Dimensions in Indian Music, Dance and Drama/edited by L. Annapoorna. 1998, 337 p., plates, $52. Details No. 12881

Nur-Ratnakar : A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, and Techno-Historical Study, of All Available Important Writings in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit and Other Allied Languages on the Subject of Song, Dance and Drama , Vol. I/Shahab Sarmadee. Kolkata, ITC Sangeet Research Academy, 2003, xxxvi, 651 p., tables, $44. ISBN 81-85964-15-7.  Details No. 36834

Nyasa in Raga: The Pleasant Pause in Hindustani Music/Ananya Kumar Dey. New Delhi, Kanishka Pub., 2008, xxii, 250 p., $33. ISBN 81-8457-028-1.  Details No. 53788

On Indian Music/Debu Chaudhuri. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2005, xiii, 177 p., $20. ISBN 81-7453-020-7.  Details No. 39074

Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi : Life and Contributions with Over 230 Lyrical Illustrations/References/Chitravina N. Ravikiran. Chennai, The International Foundation for Carnatic Music, 2007, xx, 146 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 52572

Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi's Kamakshi Navavaranams and Saptaratna Krtis: Lyrics and Notation/compiled by Chitravina N. Ravikiran. Chennai, The International Foundation for Carnatic Music, 2007, xviii, 80 p., $20 (pbk). Details No. 54909  

The Opera in South India/S.A.K. Durga. Reprint. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2004, xviii, 165 p., plates, $20. ISBN 81-88827-02-9.  Details No. 36661

Ornamentation & Abbreviation in Music/S. Chandra Mohan. Chennai, Pappa Pub., 2006, 56 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 46939

Pancharathna Ganamrutham (With Notation)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2003, viii, 65 p.,  $11 (pbk) Details No. 30782

Parameters of Music/G.N. Goswami. New Delhi, Wishwa Prakashan, 1996, vi, 212 p., $20. ISBN 81-7328-073-8.  Details No. 30889

Patnam Subramanya Iyer A "Beacon Light" : Among Post-Trinity Composers/P.B. Kanna Kumar. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2007, x, 190 p., $25. ISBN 81-7391-910-0.  Details No. 52109 

Perfecting Carnatic Music, Level 2 : Varnams and Krtis/Chitravina N. Ravikiran. Chennai, The International Foundation for Carnatic Music India, 2005, vii, 120 p., $15 (pbk).  Details No. 41107

Philosophical Thoughts in Indian Music/Indira Srinivasan. Chennai, Om International, 2003, xii, 252 p., $22 (pbk)  Details No. 35558

Pictures of Famous Composers, Musicians and Patrons/P. Sambamoorthy. Reprint. Chennai, The Indian Music Pub., 2008, iv, 64 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 54904  

Playing Techniques of Tabla: Banaras Gharana/Pandit Chhote Lal Misra. New Delhi, Kanishka Pub., 2007, xii, 252 p., $50. ISBN 81-7391-929-1.  Details No. 50947

Plucked Instruments of Northern India : With Special Reference to Sitar/Prateek Chaudhuri. Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2005, xviii, 177 p., tables, figs., $45. ISBN 81-7453-173-4.  Details No. 43840

Pran Piya : Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan: His Life and Contribution to the World of Music/Tapasi Ghosh. New Delhi, Atlantic Pub., 2008, xiv, 160 p., photos, $25. ISBN 81-269-0855-4.   Details No. 55326

Profiles in Popular Music/Vinita. Chennai, Sura Books, 2005, iv, 92 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-7478-638-4  Details No. 42207

Quest for Music Divine/Suresh Chandra Dey. 1990, xv, 307 p., sketches, bibliography, $17. Details No. 6469

Rabindranath Tagore/Biswajit Sinha. Delhi, Raj, 2003, 2 Parts, xx, 688 p., ills., $138 (set). ISBN 81-86208-29-1. [Encyclopaedia of Indian Theatre –5]. Details No. 32668

Rabindrasangeet Vichitra : Rabindra Sangeet Miscellany/Santidev Ghosh. Translated by Mohit Chakrabarti. New Delhi, Concept, 2006, xiv, 322 p., $33. ISBN 81-8069-305-8.  Details No. 47384

Ragalaksanasangraha : (Collection of Raga Descriptions) : From Treatises on Music of the Mela Period with Translation and Notes/Hema Ramanathan. Chennai, N. Ramanathan, 2004, xxviii, 1569 p., $72. ISBN 81-7525-536-6.  Details No. 38063

Raga Nirupanam of Narada : Contemplative Verses of One Hundred and Forty Ragas with Illustrations/M. Vijaylakshmi. New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2007, 196 p., figs., $70. ISBN 81-7453-273-0.  Details No. 54710  

Raga Pravaham : Index to Carnatic Ragas/M.N. Dhandapani and D. Pattammal. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Chennai, The Karnatic Music Book Center, 2002, 286 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40332

Raga Sudha : Understanding Carnatic Music/B.R.C. Iyengar. Secunderabad, B.R.C. Iyengar, 2003, vii, 184 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40319

Ragas at a Glance/S.R. Janakiraman. Chennai, Srishti's Carnatica, 2002, ix, 143 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40333

Ragas in Carnatic Music/S. Bhagyalekshmy. Reprint. Nagercoil, CBH Pub., 2003, xi, 384 p., tables, $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-85381-12-7.  Details No. 40495

Ragas in Hindustani Music : Conceptual Aspects/Anupam Mahajan. New Delhi, Gyan, 2001, 200 p., $22. ISBN 81-212-0269-8. Details No. 21646

The Ragas of Karnatic Music/N.S. Ramachandran. Reprint. Chennai, The Trinity Music Book Pub., 2003, x, 228 p., $17 (pbk). Details No. 33996

Rasa : The Indian Performing Arts in the Last Twenty-Five Years/Bimal Mukherjee and Sunil Kothari. 1995, 2 Vols, 738 p., $145 (set). Details No. 13456

Rasalila : A Musical Study of Religious Drama in Vraja/Selina Thielemann. 1998, 184 p., col. plates, $106. Details No. 12732

Rasa Yatra : My Journey in Music/Mallikarjun Mansur. Translated by Rajshekhar Mansur. New Delhi, Roli Books, 2005, xii, 144 p., $20. ISBN 81-7436-406-4.  Details No. 40999

Research Methodology for Music/S.A.K. Durga. Madras, Center for Ethnomusicology, 1991, 82 p., $11 (pbk) [Monograph Series No. 1] Details No. 33993

Rhythms of the Chakras : Drumming for the Body's Energy Centers (CD)/Glen Velez. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38750

Rig-a Two-in-One Marvel : (Raga Identification/Pancharatna Kritis)/compiled by K. Balasubramaniam. Chennai, K. Balasubramaniam, 2005, 199 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 45602

Ritual Music and Hindu Rituals of Kerala/Rolf Killius. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2006, viii, 136 p., charts, illus, $55. ISBN 81-88827-07-X.  Details No. 48594

The Role of Criticism in Hindustani Music/Priya Kanungo. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2006, xii, 114 p., $17. ISBN 81-7391-838-4. Details No. 46080

Romance of the Raga/Vijaya Moorthy. New Delhi, Abhinav, 2001, 129 p., $55. ISBN: 81-7017-382-5. Details No. 22149

Sacred Music : Its Origins, Powers, and Future : Traditional Music in Today's World/Alain Danielou. Varanasai, Indica Books, 2003, 224 p., $20. ISBN 81-86569-33-2.  Details No. 43253

Sacred Songs of India, Vol. III/V.K. Subramanian. New Delhi, Abhinav Pub., 1999, 320 p., $25 (Vol. III). ISBN 81-7017-380-9.  Details No. 46647

Sacred Songs of India : Volume IV/V.K. Subramanian. New Delhi, Abhinav, 2001, 289 p., $20 (Vol. IV). ISBN 81-7017-394-9. Details No. 23001

Sacred Songs of India, Volume V/V.K. Subramanian. New Delhi, Abhinav Pub., 2003, 275 p., $20 (Vol. V). ISBN 81-7017-401-5.  Details No. 31285

Sacred Songs of India : Vol. VI/V.K. Subramanian. New Delhi, Abhinav, 2004, 359 p., $20 (Vol. VI). ISBN 81-7017-419-8.  Details No. 36298

Sacred Songs of India, Vol. IX/V.K. Subramanian. New Delhi, Abhinav Pub., 2006, 278 p., $20 (Vol. IX). ISBN 81-70174-33-3.  Details No. 49130

Saints and their Contribution in Classical Music/Sushil Kumar. Delhi, Vista International Pub., 2006, 2 vols., xiv, 673 p., $70 (set). ISBN 81-89526-52-9.  Details No. 42796

Samgita-Sadhana : The Path of Human Oneness/Selina Thielemann. New Delhi, A.P.H., iii, 153 p., $39. ISBN 81-7648-474-1.   Details No. 31682

Sampradaya Sangita : Classical Musical Tradition/Lalita Ramakrishna. Bangalore, Kalpatharu Research Academy, 2005, xxiv, 290 p., ills., $25. Details No. 45608

Sangita Ragakalpadruma : Encyclopaedia of Indian Music, 2 Vols. in 3 Parts/edited by Nagendra Nath Vasu. Reprint. Delhi, Pratibha Prakashan, 2008, 2 vols., 1268 p., $280 (set). ISBN 81-7702-161-3.  Details No. 55473

Sangeeta Sudha : Carnaatak Music Text and Reference Book (From Fundamental Exercises to Thaana Varnas in Aadi and Ata Thaalas)/Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana. Secunderabad, Sundarakripa, 1999, xvii, 182 p., $15 (pbk).  Details No. 41105

Sangeeta Sudha : English Transliteration and Translation of Carnatic Lyrics/Dasu Damodara Rao. Hyderabad, Dasu Govinda Rao, 2008, 128 p., $15 (pbk). Details No. 55929

Sangeetha Akshara Hridaya (A New Approach to Tala Calculations)/S. Rajagopala Iyer. Reprint. Bangalore, Gaana Rasika Mandali, 2000, x, 188 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 40310

Sangitaratnakara of Sarngadeva. Sanskrit text and English translation with comments and notes. English translation by R.K. Shringy. (Reprint. First published in 1977). 1991, xlix, 449 p., $30. Details No. 6755

Sangita Sampradayam : A Collection of Lectures on Carnatic Music, Vol. I/Sangita Kalanidhi R. Vedavalli. Chennai, Devaganavali Trust, 2005, 96 p., $11 (pbk) (Vol. I).  Details No. 43793

Sangiti Sabda Kosa : Dictionary of Musical Terms/Bimal Roy. Edited by Pradeep Kumar Ghosh. Delhi, Sharada Publishing House, 2004, x, 334 p., $33. ISBN 81-85616-99-X.  Details No. 34810

The Sangitopanisat-saroddharah (A Fourteenth-century Text on Music from Western India) : Composed by Vacanacarya - Sri Sudhakalasa/edited by Allyn Miner. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1998, lxviii, 264 p., $45. ISBN 81-208-1548-3. [Kalamulasastra series 23].  Details No. 56185

Saptha Vitanka Sthalam (Sri Thyagarajar)/P.M. Lalitha. Chennai, P.M. Lalitha (Aparna), 2003, x, 70 p., figs., $11 (pbk)   Details No. 31136

Sastriya Sangita and Music Culture of Bengal Through the Ages/Chhaya Chatterjee. 1996, 2 vols, 555 p., plates, $79 (set).  Details No. 11807

The Scales of Indian Music : A Cognitive Approach to That/Melakarta/Prithwindra Mukherjee. New Delhi, Aryan Books, 2004, xi, 438 p., $77. ISBN 81-7305-271-9.  Details No. 36174

The Science of Indian Music/Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana. Secunderabad, Sundarakrupa, 2005, 439 p., $40. Details No. 41103

Science of Sri Cakra : Appended with Dikshitar's Kamalamba Navavarana-Krtis (With 2 CDs)/Pappu Venugopala Rao. Chennai, Pappus Academic and Cultural Trust (PACT), 2008, xviii, 204 p., $65. ISBN 81-906577-0-4.   Details No. 55879

Selected Compositions of Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar with Notations/by B. Rajam Iyer. Chennai, R.A.M.A Trust, 2004, 214 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 45603 

Self-Transformation Through Music/Joanne Crandall. New Delhi, New Age, 2001, ix, 168 p., $11. ISBN 81-7822-024-5. Details No. 23809

Semiosis in Hindustani Music/Jose Luiz Martinez. Reprint. Delhi, Motilal, 2001, xix, 396 p., tables, figs., $28. ISBN 81-208-1801-6. Details No. 23954

Senia Gharana--its Contribution to Indian Classical Music/Sunita Dhar. 1989, x, 190 p., bibliography, $11. Details No. 6471

Shakuhachi Meditation Music (CD)/Stan Richardson. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $44. Details No. 38744

Shri Durga Prarthana : The Complete Prayer (With 2 CDs). New Delhi, Aroon Purie on behalf of Living Media India Ltd., 2007, v, 451 p., $30.   Details No. 50557

Shri Ganesh Prarthana : The Complete Prayer (With 2 CDs). New Delhi, Aroon Purie on behalf of Living Media India Ltd., 2006, v, 299 p., $30.   Details No. 50561

Shri Hanuman Prarthana : The Complete Prayer -- Shlokas in Sanskrit, Transliterated in English (With 2 CDs). New Delhi, Aroon Purie on Behalf of Living Media India Ltd., 2007, v, 427 p., $30.  Details No. 50560

Shri Krishna Prarthana : The Complete Prayer (With 2 CDs). New Delhi, Aroon Purie on Behalf of Living Media India Ltd., 2006, v, 423 p., $30.  Details No. 50659

Shri Rama Prarthana : The Complete Prayer (With 2 CDs). New Delhi, Aroon Purie, 2006, vi, 471 p., $30.  Details No. 50558

Shri Shiva Prarthana : The Complete Prayer (With 2 CD). New Delhi, Aroon Purie, 2006, vi, 421 p., $30.  Details No. 50562

Shri Vishnu Prarthana : The Complete Prayer (With 2 CDs). New Delhi, Aroon Purie on behalf of Living Media India Ltd., 2006, v, 519 p., $30.   Details No. 50559

Shruti Manjari : Microsound An Artist's Impression with Pen and Brush/Sanat Kumar Chatterjee. Lucknow, Manas Pub., 2005, 74 p., figs., $20 (pbk). ISBN 81-902923-0-7.  Details No. 43405

Significance of Compositional Forms in Hindustani Classical Music/Manjusree Tyagi. 1997, xiv, 208 p., $37.  Details No. 12609

Sikh Musicology : Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Hymns of the Human Spirit/Gurnam Singh. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2001, xiii, 285 p., $50. ISBN 81-7391-395-1. Details No. 20730

Singing the Classical Voicing the Modern : The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India/Amanda J. Weidman. Calcutta, Seagull, 2007, xvi, 350 p., ills., $35 (pbk). ISBN 81-7046-319-X.  Details No. 50372

Singing the Praises Divine : Music in the Hindu Tradition/Selina Thielemann. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2000, 175 p., $28. ISBN 81-7648-165-3. Details No. 17660   

The Sitar : The Instrument and Its Technique/Manfred M. Junius. Varanasi, Indica Books, 2001, 119 p., plates, $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-86569-23-5.  Details No. 43264

Sitar and Its Compositions/Vinay Kumar Aggarwal and Alka Nagpal. Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2004, x, 153 p., $33. ISBN 81-7453-134-3. [Series No. 1]  Details No. 37337

Sitar and Its Compositions/Vinay Kumar Aggarwal and Alka Nagpal. Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2004, xvi, 133 p., $33. ISBN 81-7453-135-1. [Series No. 2] Details No. 37338

Situating Sound and Rhythm (Music of Tamil Nadu)/T.V. Kuppuswami. 1999, 162 p., $17. ISBN 81-212-0607-3. Details No. 14965

Sociology of Oriental Music : A Reader/edited by O.P. Joshi. Jaipur, ABD, 2004, xx, 318 p., plates, $36. ISBN 81-89011-34-0.  Details No. 38382

Solo Tabla Drumming of North India : Its Repertoire, Styles and Performance Practices/Robert S. Gottlieb. 1993, 2 v., 144, 223 p., photographs, 2 audio cassettes, $76 (set). Details No. 8559

Some Musical Memories/Amar Mishra. New Delhi, Rupa and Co., 2004, xiv, 95 p., $20. ISBN 81-291-0612-4.  Details No. 39454

Song Sung True : A Memoir/Malka Pukhraj. Edited and translated by Saleem Kidwai. New Delhi, Zubaan, 2004, viii, 377 p., $20 (pbk). ISBN 81-89013-19-X.  Details No. 55422

Song of Goa : Mandos of Yearning/Jose Pereira and Micael Martins. New Delhi, 2000, 234 p., $25. ISBN 81-7305-166-6. Details No. 15226

Song of Goa : Mandos of Union and Lamentation/Jose Pereira, Micael Martins & Antonio da Costa. New Delhi, Aryan, 2003, 190 p., $26. ISBN 81-7305-247-6.  Details No. 31034

Song of the Rainbow : A Work on Depiction of Music through the Medium of Paintings in the Indian Tradition/Richa Jain. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2002, xvi, 180 p., plates, tables, $28. ISBN 81-7391-496-6. Details No. 27007

Song of the Spirit : The World of Sacred Music/edited by Sudhamahi Regunathan. Delhi, Tibet House, 2000, 204 p., Photos., $25. Details No. 19584

Sopanam-Kerala’s Divine Music with Jayadeva’s Geeta Govinda—The Love Song/Geeta Radhakrishna. Mumbai, Mohiniatta Nritya Kalakshetra, 2002, 110 p., $15 (pbk).   Details No. 29782

Sources of Research in Indian Classical Music/Reena Gautam. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2002, 224 p., $28. ISBN 81-7391-433-8. Details No. 22695

South Indian Music (6 Books)/P. Sambamurthy. Chennai, The Indian Music Publishing House, 2002, xxxiv, 1815 p., tables, $50 (set). Details No. 29785

The Spiritual Heritage of Tyagaraja/C. Ramanujachari. Chennai, The President Sri Ramakrishna Math, 2001, xiii, 624 p., $20. ISBN 81-7120-268-3. Details No. 40313

The Spirituality of Music/Selina Thielemann. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2001, 218 p., $33. ISBN 81-7648-249-8. Details No. 20608

The Splendour of South Indian Music/P.T. Chelladurai. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Dindigul, Vaigarai, 2000, xvi, 468 p., tables, $18 (pbk).   Details No. 39865

Sree Kamalamba Navavaranam: Sree Muthuswamy Dikshidar (With Notation)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 1997, iv, 76 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 30788

Sree Patnam Subramanya Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2001, iv, 84 p., $11 (pbk).   Details No. 30784

Sree Purandara Ganamrutham (Text With Notation)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2000, xii, 76 p., $11 (pbk).   Details No. 30785

Sri Ramajayam : Ganamrutha Keerthanamalika, Part-I to X (With Notation)/A.S. Panchapakesa Iyer. Chennai, Ganamrutha Prachuram, 2003, 944 p., $55 (pbk) (set).  Details No. 36533

The Structure of Music in Raga and Western Systems/Raja Ramanna. Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1993, xvi, 196 p., $22. ISBN 81-7276-028-0.  Details No. 30890

Stuti-Manjari : Book with Audio Cassette. Varanasi, Jnana-Pravaha, $17 (pbk). ISBN 81-87352-00-0.  Details No. 31582

Subbaraya Sastry’s and Annaswamy Sastry’s Compositions : Text, Translation, Transliteration and Notation with Gamaka-Signs/Vidya Shankar. Chennai, Parampara, 1995, xii, 164 p., $11 (pbk) Details No. 30891

Sufi Music of India and Pakistan : Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali (Includes CD of Qawwali Music)/Regula Burckhardt Qureshi. Reprint. Oxford University Press, 2006, xxii, 266 p., tables, figs., $35 (pbk). ISBN 0-19-597910-9. Details No. 46142

Synthesis : Tagore's Performances/Bijan Sil. Kolkata, Otimanas Prokashan, 2007, xvi, 180 p., $30 (pbk). Details No. 55286

Swara Sancharas of Popular Janya Ragas/N.P. Ramaswamy. Cochin, Sangita Vidwan, 2005, 131 p., $15 (pbk).  Details No. 39731

Syama Sastri and His Descendents/Y. Saradhambal. Chennai, Karnatic Music Centre, 2008, 108 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 55298

Syama Sastri : And Other Famous Figures of South Indian Music/P. Sambamoorthy. Reprint. Chennai, The Indian Music Pub., 1999, viii, 104 p., plates, tables, $11 (pbk). Details No. 53872

Syama Sastry’s Compositions : Text, Translation, Transliteration and Notation with Gamaka-Signs/Vidya Shankar. Reprint. Chennai, Parampara, 1989, viii, 352 p., $22. Details No. 30892

Systematisation of Prastara Details of Deshi Talas/Akella Mallikarjuna Sarma. Hyderabad, Sai Sannidhi Sangita Pub., 2003, viii, 73 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 34672

Tabla and the World of Indian Rhythms/Sudhis Chandra Banerjee. Gurgaon, Shubhi Pub., 2006, 353 p., $55. ISBN 81-8290-093-X.  Details No. 46147 

Tanjore as a Seat of Music : During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries/S. Seetha. Chennai, University of Madras, 2001, xvi, 654 p., $50. Details No. 40334

Tarjuma-i-Manakutuhala and Risala-i-Ragadarpana by Faqirullah (Nawab Saif Khan)/edited by Shahab Sarmadee. New Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with Motilal Banarsidass, 1996, lxviii, 314 p., 4 plates, $50. ISBN 81-208-1282-4. [Kalamulasastra Series 21].  Details No. 56181  

The Teaching of Music/P. Sambamurthy. Fourth Edition. Chennai, The Indian Music Publishing House, 1998, viii, 334 p., tables, $11 (pbk).    Details No. 29774

Teaching of Music/Rupali Tripathi. New Delhi, Mohit, 2004, vii, 227 p., $28. ISBN 81-7445-272-9.  Details No. 38076  

Techniques of Manodharma Swara Singing Made Easy/N.P. Ramaswamy. Chennai, 2002, 56 p., $11 (pbk).   Details No. 29788

Techniques of Teaching Music/V.V. Lakshmi. New Delhi, Sonali, 2006, viii, 214 p., $31. ISBN 81-8411-038-3.  Details No. 47559

The Theory and Practice of Mridanga/Dharmala Rama Murthy. Reprint. Hyderabad, Dharmala Venkateswara Rao, 2001, 336 p., $22 (pbk).   Details No. 30897

Theory and Practice of Tabla/Sadanand Naimpalli. Mumbai, Ramdas Bhatkal for Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., 2005, xi, 239 p., figs., $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-7991-149-7. Details No. 40300

Thiagaraja : A Great Musician Saint (1759-1847) (With Sargam Notation)/M.S. Ramaswami Aiyar. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 2003, xxiv, 238 p., $20. ISBN 81-206-0248-x. Details No. 30242

Thirty Songs from the Panjab and Kashmir/Ratan Devi and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Revised and enlarged new edition/edited by Premlata Sharma. 1994, xv, 178 p., $33. Details No. 10092

Thumri : Traditions and Trends/edited by R.C. Mehta 1990, vii, 83 p., $11. Details No. 6473

Time Measure and Compositional Types in Indian Music : A Historical and Analytical Study of Tala, Chanda and Nibaddha Musical Forms/Subhadra Chaudhary. Translated into English by Hema Ramanathan. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1997, xviii, 532 p., $31. ISBN 81-86471-02-2.   Details No. 30887

Tradition of Hindustani Music/Manorama Sharma. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2006, ix, 258 p., $33. ISBN 81-7648-999-9.  Details No. 43547

Tradition of Hindustani Music : A Sociological Approach/Nivedita Singh. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2004, xiii, 247 p., $31. ISBN 81-7391-653-5.  Details No. 36700

The Traditional Music of Kashmir : In Relation to Indian Classical Music/Sunita Dhar. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2003, xx, 84 p., $14. ISBN 81-7391-553-9.  Details No. 31746

Transcription and Instrument Recognition of Music/Padma Iyer. New Delhi, Vishvabharti Publications, 2004, vii, 267 p., figs., $33. ISBN 81-89000-29-2.  Details No. 38519

Treatise on Carnatic Music/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2007, 384 p., $75 (pbk). Details No. 55297

Twin Garlands : Patrons and Therapy : Vol. VII and VIII/N. Rajagopalan. Chennai, Carnatic Classicals, 2005, 284 p., illus., $25 (pbk).  Details No. 40723

Two Men and Music : Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition/Janaki Bakhle. New Delhi, Permanent Black, 2005, xvi, 338 p., $40. ISBN 81-7824-157-9.  Details No. 43926

Tyagaraja Vachanamrita : Popular Compositions of Saint Tyagaraja (With Text, Transliteration and Translation)/S. Krishna Murthy and T.N. Padmanabhan. Bangalore, Vijaya College of Music, 2003, viii, 315 p., $17 (pbk) Details No. 34675

An Unheard Melody : Annapurna Devi : An Authorised Biography/Swapan Kumar Bondyopadhyay. New Delhi, Roli, 2005, xviii, 190 p., $25. ISBN 81-7436-399-8.  Details No. 40626

Universal History of Music/edited by S.M. Tagore. Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2005, xii, 374 p., $40. ISBN 81-7453-196-3.  Details No. 44189  

Universal Love (CD)/Nawang Khechog. New Delhi, New Age Music, 2004, $33. Details No. 38745

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan "Sabrang" : His Life and Music/Malti Gilani and Quratulain Hyder. New Delhi, Harman, 2003, xii, 296 p., $61. ISBN 81-86622-59-4.  Details No. 32186

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and His Contribution to Indian Music/Vinita Sapra. Delhi, Raj, 2004, xii, 210 p., $44. ISBN 81-86208-32-1.  Details No. 36253

Vanishing Temple Arts : Temples of Kerala and Kanyaakumaari District/Deepti Omchery Bhalla. New Delhi, Shubhi Pub., 2006, 144 p., tables, ills., $90. ISBN 81-8290-078-6.  Details No. 46911

Varnasagaram : 415 Tana, Pada, Cauka, Ragamalika and Daru Varnas/edited by T.K. Govinda Rao. Chennai, Ganamandir, 2006, xiv, 446 p., photos, $30. ISBN 0-965-1871-5-2.  Details No. 49038

Veena : The Instrument Par-Excellence/C.K. Shankara Narayana Rao. Bombay, C.K.S. Rao Felicitation Committee, 1995, xvi, 242 p., ills., $20 (pbk).  Details No. 30896

Veena : In the Theory, Practice and Experiment in Karnatic Music/K.S. Raghavendra Rao and M.K. Jaishree Prasad. Bangalore, Abhinav Pub., 2005, xiv, 386 p., figs., tables, $31. Details No. 55296

Vintage Tabla Repertory : Drum Compositions of North Indian Classical Music (With CD)/Gert-Matthias Wegner. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal Pub., 2004, xiv, 544 p., plates, $83. ISBN 81-215-1042-2.  Details No. 35143

Violin Maestro--V. Lakshminarayana Iyer : His Life and Contributions to the World of Music/M. Lalitha and M. Nandini. Delhi, Sundeep Prakashan, 2008, xvi, 276 p., 61 plates, $50. ISBN 81-7574-184-8.  Details No. 54994 

Violin Techniques in Western and South Indian Classical Music : A Comparative Study/M. Lalitha. New Delhi, Sundeep Prakashan, 2004, xxxii, 292 p., $66. ISBN 81-7574-151-1.  Details No. 38383

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt : The Musical Messiah (With CD)/Kanchan Mathur. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2005, xii, 132 p., $40. ISBN 81-246-0333-2.  Details No. 42270

Voice Culture : The Art of Voice Cultivation/S.A.K. Durga. Reprint. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2007, xvi, 190 p., figs., $28. ISBN 81-88827-13-4.  Details No. 51333

Voices Within Carnatic Music : Passing on an Inheritance/Bombay Jayashri and T.M. Krishna. Chennai, Matrka, 2007, xii, 178 p., $90. ISBN 81-7525-555-2. Details No. 49738

What the Raags Told Me/Vasudev Murthy. New Delhi, Rupa and Co., 2004, xii, 128 p., ills., $17 (pbk). ISBN 81-291-0317-6.  Details No. 37687

What is Carnatic Music?/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2002, 32 p., $11 (pbk). [Demystifying Fine Arts-Volume-10].   Details No. 30984

Without a Stumble : A Book on the Spirituality of Music/Suvarna Nalapat. Chennai, Nalapat Books, 2003, 246 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 45123

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