First appeared in www.scroll.in on August 29, 2015. One of the themes in Hindustani song-texts pertain to the very elements that form a part of the music-making process. Vaggyekars or composers, who create the musical framework for compositions and also write the lyrics, have composed pieces that are a tribute to music. Some of these place music on a mystical plane, portraying the act of making music as the perfect medium to attain oneness with the Almighty or the