Cover -- Title Page -- Copypright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- An Essential Note from the Author -- Note from the Editor -- Note on Transcription and Musical Symbols -- Map -- Chapter 1. Drumming, Language, and the Voice in South Asia -- Chapter 2. Emotional Agents -- Chapter 3. Tone and Stroke -- Chapter 4. Beyond the Matra -- Chapter 5. Muharram in Multan -- Chapter 6. Shah Jamal -- Chapter 7. Madho Lal -- Chapter 8. The Manifest and the Hidden -- Chapter 9. The Voice in the Drum -- Chapter 10. A Silver Box -- Appendix A Dhima and Matam -- Appendix B Summary of Commemorative Themes -- Appendix C Cast of Characters by Chapter -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.