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Name: Listening to Indian Classical Music
ID: m12502
Language: English (en)
Summary: For the Western listener, some suggestions for beginning to listen to and appreciate the classical music of India.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: Hindustani music, India, Indian classical music, Indian music, Karnatic music, raga, ragam, sitar, taanpura, tala, tambura, tanpura, thaalam
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Nov 23, 2004 1:08 pm US/Central
Last revision to module: Feb 6, 2009 1:03 pm US/Central
Module XML: m12502_1.2.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.2 Feb 6, 2009 1:03 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Expanded information about timbre, ornamentation, vocal music, and rhythm. Added bibliography
Version: 1.1 Dec 15, 2004 1:55 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New module

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