~BACKORDERED~ The Tabla Legacy of Taranath Rao (Book) This is a comprehensive overview of the art of Tabla, adapted from a manuscript by the longtime teacher and performer in India and at the California Institute of the Arts, Pandit Taranath Rao. A series of beginner’s exercises is followed by hundreds of compositions in the numerous Gharanas (the different families or styles of playing the Tabla drum found in North India)—Farukkhabad, Lucknow, Ajrada, Delhi and Benaras. The text is generously illustrated with photographs and with Pandit Taranath’s own drawings. The book is indexed not only by subject, but also by the compositions according to their initial “bols” (drumstroke names). 8 ½ x ll”, 200pp.