Qureshi (Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology and the Folkways Alive Project, U. of Alberta) presents interviews with sarangi players from five cities in India and Pakistan: Delhi, Bombay,
Lucknow, Benares, and Karachi. She aims for the voices of these Hindustani art musicians to be heard and unchanged by scholarly interpretation. Among the topics discussed are how the tradition
is passed down through generations, playing techniques, and the history of transmission from the 1960s to the 1990s. She also provides background on the social context, as well as their
professional community. The book blends biography, interviews, and discipular ethnography. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
