[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c5.28 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c5.28 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c5.28 - **Language:** English ### [c5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.28) Sir William Ouseley relates how Mir Tansên, a wonderful musician in the time of the Emperor Akbar, sang one of the night râgas at mid-day. The powers of his music were such that it instantly became night, and the darkness extended in a circle round the palace as far as the sound of his voice could be heard. - [Previous: c5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.27) - [Next: c5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.29) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c5.28) · Pramāṇa