The tabla of Lucknow : a cultural analysis of a musical tradition /

Kippen, James.

The tabla of Lucknow : a cultural analysis of a musical tradition / James Kippen. - New Delhi : Manohar, 2005. - xxvii, 221 p. : ill., maps, music, ports. ; 26 cm + 1 compact disc (digital ; 12 cm).

Compact disc is untitled and at the back of the book. "First published by Cambridge University Press, 1988, reprinted with a new preface, 2005". Originally issued with a sound cassette as part of the series Cambridge studies in ethnomusicology.

Lucknow, in northern India, has always been a centre of culture, especially for tabla music. The author gives a history of Lucknow and then discusses musical training there, both traditional and modern, especially related to the tabla.

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Tabla--Instruction and study.
Music--History and criticism.--India--Lucknow
Tablā--Étude et enseignement.
Musique--Histoire et critique.--Inde--Lucknow


Lucknow (India)--Social life and customs.
Lucknow (Inde)--Moeurs et coutumes.

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