The Dictionary of Hindustani Classical Music
by Bimalakanta Roychaudhuri

In this book the author has dealt with the musical terms as found in the old sastras and are also in common use. He has explained these terms in simple language with reference to their history of origin.

Description of seventy-eight different musical instruments and forty-seven different Talas are also there. An essential aid to research-scholars and students of music. The Bengali version of the book Bharatiya Sangeetkosh earned for him "Sangeet Natak Academy" award as the best book on music published during the period from 1960 to 1968.

About the Author:

Bimalakanta Roychaudhuri had his training in music from many famous gurus like Sitalchandra Mukhopadhyay, Inayet Khan etc. He took part in the translation of "Sangeet Ratnakara" from Sanskrit to Bengali under the patronage of Brojendrakishore Roychaudhuri. He was Chairman of the Board of Musical Studies of the niversity of Calcutta.