Hindustani classical music

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Extracted from the book Carnatic Summer by Sri.V.Sriram. It is an account of the development of Carnatic music right from ancient times to the present day passing through the periods of Purandaradasa, Kshetragna, Saint Thyagaraja and other composers.

Hindustani (North Indian) Instruments. This is the performance tradition usually associated with Indian classical music by Westerners. Ravi Shankar was its best known practitioner worldwide.

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“Everyone wants to blast their music, to impose their voice and opinion, to make noise that is loud enough to cover every other voice around them. I wondered what would happen if we truly gave each other a chance and listened carefully to the tunes played by the fancy or broken instruments of each lonely soul around us?” ― Louis Yako

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Hindustani classical music originated in Northern India due to the Mughal empire's influence of Carnatic music. One prominent manifestation of cultural