The Music of Hindostan c6.228

c6.228

The songs were difficult to catch as they were seldom repeated, and were apt to be broken off suddenly and frequently with an ‘illā!’ as a boat loomed ahead in the darkness, or an ‘irava!’ as it glided past. In Ex. 66 the three D’s, so marked, and these only, were distinctly sharp every time. The songs are given in the order in which they were scribbled down by candle light, the different voices being shown by the clefs.