Arnold Bake: A Life with South Asian Music

Arnold Bake (1899-1963) was a Dutch pioneer in South Asian ethnomusicology, whose research impressed not only the most renowned Indologists of his time but also the leading figures in the emerging field of ethnomusicology. This long-overdue biography sheds light on his knowledge of the theory and practice of South Asian music, as well as his leg

Bob van der Linden is a historian of South Asia, with a special interest in music. Among his publications are Moral Languages from Colonial Punjab: The Singh Sabha, Arya Samaj and Ahmadiyahs (2008) and Music and Empire in Britain and India: Identity, Internationalism, and Cross-Cultural Communication (2013). In 2016-2017, he was a writing fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany.