There is a story of a Hindu musician, Tansen, who was at the court of the great emperor Akbar. The emperor asked him: "Tell me, O great musician, who was your teacher?" Tansen replied: "My teacher is a very great musician - but more than that. I cannot call him musician, I must call him music." Said the emperor: "Can I hear him sing?" The musician answered: "Perhaps. I may try. But you cannot think of calling him here to the court." "Shall I go where he is?'