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Raga Mala is the autobiography of the sitar maestro, India's greatest
musician of the twentieth century.
It was initially published at the end of 1997 in a signed limited edition
of 2,000 copies. A hardback edition followed two years later.
We
are now planning an updated edition of Raga Mala in time for his 85th
birthday in 2005.
'Convincingly
reasserts his historical importance.'—Publishers Weekly
'Rather
than a single text by Shankar, Raga Mala consists of chunks
of Shankar, linked by passages written by Oliver Craske that drive
the narrative forward, interspersed with comments from those close
to Shankar, such as [George] Harrison, [Yehudi] Menuhin, the composer
Philip Glass, the conductor Zubin Mehta, the tabla player Zakir
Hussain and Shankar's second wife, Sukanya. This dialectic, combined
with Shankar's innate tendency to digress, reminds one of the mixture
of rigid order and free improvisation in the music he is describing—and
of the Bengali (for Shankar is of course a Bengali, though born
outside Bengal) love of discursive conversation.'—Times
Higher Education Supplement.
'A pictorial treat, beautifully laid out…
a piece of writing that every music lover would wish to read'—Outlook
(India)
'The reader cannot help but be charmed…
an "additional narrative" by Oliver Craske provides important
background information and context for Shankar's many reminiscences.'—Library
Journal
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