India

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Music Theory

Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures

England,
India
, Italy, USA, Madrigal, Popular Song, Raga, Renaissance, Indian Classical, 20st Century Classical, 2000s
SAROD

Sakhawat Hussain's sarod cast a magical spell rooted in the Afghan rubab traditions

India
, Raga, Indian Classical

TECHNOLOGIES

Gauhar Jaan: India's first-ever recorded musician

Armenia,
India
, Raga, Indian Classical 1 comment
Poetry

The best Qawwali lyrics performed by prominent singers of the century

India
, Pakistan, Devotional Song, Qawwali, Indian Classical
Nadaswaram

Krithi lyrics in Tyagaraja's songs defined South Indian classic tradition of the 18th century

India
, Devotional Song, Indian Classical
SITAR

The world's first sitar recording by Imdad Khan

India
, Raga, Indian Classical 2 comments

GUITAR

Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: a slide-guitar collaboration that fused Indian classical and Delta blues

India
, USA, Indian Classical, 1990s
SAROD

The mohan veena: classic instrument developed by Radhika Mohan Maitra is a child of veena, sarod, and sitar

India
, Raga, Indian Classical 2 comments
ORCHESTRA

The Flower Duet of Lakmé: the love drama of an Indian girl and a British soldier made airborne

France,
India
, Opera, Romantic
SITAR

The tapped harmonics of Balaram Pathak's sitar

India
, Raga, Indian Classical
Veena

Muthuswami Dikshitar: South Indian composer and poet who embellished Carnatic repertoire 200 years ago

India
, Raga, Indian Classical 2 comments
ORCHESTRA

The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary,
India
, Poland, Overture, Romantic
Veena

Sundaram Balachander: the veena musician and filmmaker who introduced Carnatic culture to the world

India
, Raga, Indian Classical
SITAR

1960s clarinet & sitar duo pioneered an ambient genre with the album for spiritual practices

India
, USA, Ambient, 1960s 1 comment
SITAR

The sitar virtuoso who introduced Indian classic to the British parliament

India
, Raga, Indian Classical 1 comment
Shehnai

Shehnai oboe and its greatest virtuoso proclaimed the Indian Independence Act of 1947

India
, Raga, Indian Classical
Sarangi

The Hindustani maestro who arranged the Sārangī fiddle for a classical solo

India
, Raga, Indian Classical
ORCHESTRA

Only 3 Mantras survived from Sanskrit opera Avatara by John Foulds

England,
India
, Interlude, Mantra, Opera, 20st Century Classical, Indian Classical
SITAR

Vilayat Khan enriched his sitar technique by giving it human voice

India
, Raga, Indian Classical 1 comment
Santour

Azam Ali's magnificent vocal journeys through languages

Canada,
India
, Iran, USA, Chant, Folk, World Music, Medieval, 2000s, 2010s
Ravanahatha

The Ravanahatha: from Hela civilization to the primary instrument of Rajasthani folk

India
, Sri Lanka, Folk, Indian Classical 1 comment
Violin

The fifth string of the Maihar school lead violin

India
, Raga, Indian Classical 1 comment
SONGWRITER

Sūrsāgar: ocean of poetry that expanded for five centuries

India
, Devotional Song, Indian Classical
Poetry

Sufi lyrics expanded all over the world thanks to Qawwali songs

India
, Pakistan, Devotional Song, Qawwali, Indian Classical 1 comment
SAROD

Vasant Rai's fretless guitar arrangements for Indian classical

India
, USA, Raga, Indian Classical
SAROD

Malkauns night music was composed to tame Shiva's dance

India
, Raga, Indian Classical
FESTIVAL

Neverending musical whirlpool at the sacred oasis of Pushkar

India
, Devotional Song, Hymn, Indian Classical
Bansuri

Pannalal Ghosh: magic flute came to the Indian classics from the river

India
, Raga, Indian Classical
SONGWRITER

Rabindra Sangeet have been an essential part of Indian culture for more than a century

India
, Devotional Song, Indian Classical
SAROD

Legendary Tansen could bring rain with music

India
, Raga, Indian Classical

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