ML 338 -- Music History and Criticism by region, India
ML 533 -- Instruments and Instrumental Music, India
ML 419 -- Biographies of musicians (Shankar, etc.) in alphabetical order
ML 3748 -- National Music, India
ML 5 .S75 -- Sruti: periodical about music in India (available in print from 2006 to present) Sruti also available from 2013- in the International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance database.
Music in North India by
A representative overview of the music of North India, discussing rhythm and drumming traditions, song composition and performance styles, melodic and rhythmic instruments.
The Emergence of the Hindustani Tradition by
The essays in this book constitute an extensive study of the musical arts of north India from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Using material from several languages – Sanskrit, Awadhi, Braj-Bhasha, Persian and Urdu – they trace the varied developments in the musical arts and show how Indian, Central Asian, and Perso-Arab performance traditions underwent synthesis to become one tradition – the north Indian Hindustani tradition.
Hindustani Music: 13th to 20th Centuries by
This collection of twenty-five essays by prominent scholars provides a major overview of the history of Hindustani music from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, and the sources that make up this history. The essays are thematically arranged into five parts: (1) The Formative Period; (2) The Modern Period; (3) Musical Instruments; (4) Indian Music and the west, and (5) Concepts and Theories.
The Classical Music of North India by
This is a book of and about the classical music of North India, among the oldest continual musical traditions of the world. Presented here is a small part of the musical legacy of one of the foremost families which has preserved and collected this ancient music and developed it to the highest standards: the Baba Allauddin Gharana of the Seni tradition. This volume introduces the great richness and variety of the different styles of music as taught by one of the century's greatest musicians, Ali Akbar Khan.
Singing a Hindu Nation by
Explores how the political becomes devotional through music performance. A rare glimpse into the lives and performance worlds of nationalists on the margins of all-India political parties and cultural organizations.
Elementary North Indian Vocal by 
Instruments in Hindustani Classical Music by
Indian instruments from Vedic to present day; Classification of instruments; Biographies of eminent musicians; Electronic Media; students, artists and more.
University of London (SOAS) : guide to the music of India.
