Interview: Katherine Butler Schofield, author, Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India “I am interested in what music means to people”
When and how did your lifelong love affair with Mughal history and Hindustani classical music begin? Author Katherine Butler Schofield (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival) When I was young, I trained to be a Western classical viola player, and at the age of 19 achieved my ambition to become a professional orchestral player. But it wasn’t enough for me; it wasn’t sufficiently intellectual compelling for me, personally, to sustain a lifetime of work. Experience Delhi’s rich history through a series of heritage…