About the Book: Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition
A groundbreaking study into the parallel developments of worship and musical
performance in Hindu culture. Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition
builds on the foundation of Guy L. Becks earlier work, Sonic Theology: Hinduism
and Sacred Sound, which described the theoretical role of sound in Hindu
thought. Sonic Liturgy continues the discussion of sound into the realm of Hindu
ritual and musical traditions of worship. Beginning with the chanting of the
Sama-Veda alongside the fire sacrifices of the ancient Indo-Aryans and with the
classical Gandharva music as outlined in the musicological texts of