Table of Contents

Note on Companion Website
Note on Spelling and Pronunciation
List of Figures
Permissions and Credits
Acknowledgements

Introduction
1 A Subtle and Exquisite Spirit: Maud MacCarthy and Indian Music in Britain
2 Elephants and Mughals, Contraltos and G-Strings: How Elgar got his Englishness
3 From India to the Planet Mars: Gustav Holst
4 Songs that Moved the World: Amy Woodforde-Finden's Four Indian Love Lyrics
5 Persian Composer-Pianist Baffles: Kaikhosru Sorabji
6 Modes, Mantras, and Gandharvas: John Foulds' Passage to India

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Nalini Ghuman is Associate Professor of Music and affiliated Asian studies faculty at Mills College where she teaches courses on women in music, orientalism, and music of the Indian subcontinent. She publishes on early twentieth-century British music and its relation to nationalism and imperialism, and has presented programmes for BBC Radio 3.

Reviews

"This pioneering book on a new subject is to be is highly recommended." --BBC Music Magazine
"While printed books on music last, this is the way to do them." -- Times Higher Education
"Resonances of the Rag is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature on oriental influences on British music...Ghuman's book is recommended for those interested in the musicians included, those studying the interplay between India and British music during the Raj, and those interested in Orientalism in British music in general."--Notes