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Music Theory
Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures
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Sakhawat Hussain's sarod cast a magical spell rooted in the Afghan rubab traditions
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TECHNOLOGIES
Gauhar Jaan: India's first-ever recorded musician
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Raga
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Indian Classical
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Poetry
The best Qawwali lyrics performed by prominent singers of the century
India
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Pakistan
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Devotional Song
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Qawwali
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Indian Classical
Nadaswaram
Krithi lyrics in Tyagaraja's songs defined South Indian classic tradition of the 18th century
India
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Devotional Song
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Indian Classical
SITAR
The world's first sitar recording by Imdad Khan
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
2 comments
GUITAR
Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: a slide-guitar collaboration that fused Indian classical and Delta blues
India
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USA
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Indian Classical
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1990s
SAROD
The mohan veena: classic instrument developed by Radhika Mohan Maitra is a child of veena, sarod, and sitar
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
2 comments
ORCHESTRA
The Flower Duet of Lakmé: the love drama of an Indian girl and a British soldier made airborne
France
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India
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Opera
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Romantic
SITAR
The tapped harmonics of Balaram Pathak's sitar
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
Veena
Muthuswami Dikshitar: South Indian composer and poet who embellished Carnatic repertoire 200 years ago
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
2 comments
ORCHESTRA
The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic
Austria
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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France
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Germany
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Hungary
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India
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Poland
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Overture
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Romantic
Veena
Sundaram Balachander: the veena musician and filmmaker who introduced Carnatic culture to the world
India
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Raga
,
Indian Classical
SITAR
1960s clarinet & sitar duo pioneered an ambient genre with the album for spiritual practices
India
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USA
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Ambient
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1960s
1 comment
SITAR
The sitar virtuoso who introduced Indian classic to the British parliament
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
1 comment
Shehnai
Shehnai oboe and its greatest virtuoso proclaimed the Indian Independence Act of 1947
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
Sarangi
The Hindustani maestro who arranged the Sārangī fiddle for a classical solo
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
ORCHESTRA
Only 3 Mantras survived from Sanskrit opera Avatara by John Foulds
England
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India
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Interlude
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Mantra
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Opera
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20st Century Classical
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Indian Classical
SITAR
Vilayat Khan enriched his sitar technique by giving it human voice
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
1 comment
Santour
Azam Ali's magnificent vocal journeys through languages
Canada
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India
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Iran
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USA
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Chant
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Folk
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World Music
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Medieval
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2000s
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2010s
Ravanahatha
The Ravanahatha: from Hela civilization to the primary instrument of Rajasthani folk
India
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Sri Lanka
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Folk
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Indian Classical
1 comment
Violin
The fifth string of the Maihar school lead violin
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
1 comment
SONGWRITER
Sūrsāgar: ocean of poetry that expanded for five centuries
India
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Devotional Song
,
Indian Classical
Poetry
Sufi lyrics expanded all over the world thanks to Qawwali songs
India
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Pakistan
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Devotional Song
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Qawwali
,
Indian Classical
1 comment
SAROD
Vasant Rai's fretless guitar arrangements for Indian classical
India
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USA
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Raga
,
Indian Classical
SAROD
Malkauns night music was composed to tame Shiva's dance
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
FESTIVAL
Neverending musical whirlpool at the sacred oasis of Pushkar
India
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Devotional Song
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Hymn
,
Indian Classical
Bansuri
Pannalal Ghosh: magic flute came to the Indian classics from the river
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
SONGWRITER
Rabindra Sangeet have been an essential part of Indian culture for more than a century
India
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Devotional Song
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Indian Classical
SAROD
Legendary Tansen could bring rain with music
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
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