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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Berkman, Franya J.

Monument eternal : the music of Alice Coltrane / Franya J. Berkman.

p. cm.—(Music/culture)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8195-6924-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—

ISBN 978-0-8195-6925-7 (pbk : alk. paper)

1. Coltrane-Turiyasangitananda, A. (Alice) 2. Pianists—United States—

Biography.    3. Spiritual life—Hinduism.    I. Title.

ML417.C746B47 2010

786.2092—dc22          2010016656

[B]

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meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper.

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the AMS 75 PAYS Endowment

of the American Musicological Society.