Smrtira atale.

Description:

This is a classic--the sort of book that should be carved in stone and preserved for all posterity.Written in Bengali but in a prose as rich and rococo as in a Sanskrit epic ,it writes of three great exponents of Hindustani classical music of the early twentieth century and of a world that has vanished with them. I read one part of it in the annual number of a Bengali journal fifty five years ago and I still remember it gave me gooseflesh. It took me some time to hunt down a printed copy of the book which I did last year. Can some one help me get a copy of the book in English "Ragas and Raginis" ?

subjects: Indic Singers,  three great exponents of Hindustani classical music of the early twentieth century,  Singers

People: Ustaads Moujiddin,  Faiyaz Khan,  Kale khan,  Gauhar Jaan

Places: Gaya,  Benaras,  Calcutta

Times: Early Twentieth Century