The advent of sound recording in India had far‐reaching social and musical effects, altering working patterns for musicians and disseminating various genres of vocal and instrumental music to a mass audience for the first time. The early days of the gramophone industry in India are examined from three perspectives: the historical and social background to the first recordings, the manner in which early recordings were marketed, and the way in which musical forms such as the vocal genre khyal were adapted to suit the requirements of recording.
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