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Traditional Music- Indian Subcontinent

  • Writer: adam kadishman shakine
    adam kadishman shakine
  • Jul 30
  • 4 min read

Updated: Jul 31

Himalayas


nonesuch album:

-festivals of the Himalayas


sherpa


smithsonian folkways albums:


-Music of a Sherpa Village


Tibet


Tibetan opera


nonesuch albums:

-yeshe dorje rinpoche- Tibetan buddhism shedur:ghost exorcism ritual

-lamas and monks of pal Phuntsok 

-chokorling- Tibetan buddhism- the ritual orchestra and chants

- monks of the monastery of gyuto, tibet-tibetan buddhism- tantras of gyuto


bhutan-


drametse ngacham


Smithsonian folkways album:

-music of Bhutan


Nepal


Smithsonian folkways albums

-songs and dances of Nepal

- the gaines of Nepal


Indian subcontinent


india


Vedic chanting, kalbelia, Manipuri/meiti sankirtana

garba


alan lomax-

-world library of folk & primitive music: india (album)


Smithsonian folkways albums:


-folk music of india

-religious music of india

-music of india: traditional & classical


-Indian Love Rites: Durga Puja and Kali Puja in Calcutta

-mudhumalati and sneha dhopeshwarkar: marathi songs

-Madhu natisar nath & shivji nath-biyavalo

-music from south india: kerala

-songs of assam, uttar pradesh and the andamans

-Ritual Music of Manipur (India)

-tribal music of india: the muria and maria gods of mdhya

-bihu

-monpa ritual music

-devotional music of assam

-music of the saoras

-nirmalya dey-dhurpad

-music of yakshagana

-balipa Narayana- music of yakshagana tenkitittu

-sopanam sngeetam

-drumming traditions of kerala

-ritual music of kerala

-sidi goma in concert

-music of the surnaya langa

-bhungar khan

-bhag chand- epic singing of garhwal- the story of kirthipal and kunjepal

-swapan boral-padavali kirtan

-baddi geet- songs of the baddi community of garhwal

-the four vedas

-s. Ramanathan: navagraha krtis (the 9 planets), caturdasa ragamalika (the 14 worlds) and sri guruna by mutuswami diksitar

-Gayathri Rajapur Kassebaum: Ragas from South India


rajasthan


Smithsonian folkways albums:

musician communities of rajasthan:

-the manganiar

-the kamaicha

-surnaiya langa

-chempa methi

-dholi

-karim khan- flutes of rajasthan


goa 


Smithsonian folkways albums:

-music of goa:artists included are:

kanta gavda and rangamel

amelia dias and group

hanuman seva samiti

gyan Jyoti mahila mandal

bhisso gaonkar and group


-mando of goa


nonesuch albums;


- ram Narayan, suresh talwalkar- master of the arangi (classical music of india)

-dr. lalmani misra-nectar of the moon- vichitra vina music of northern india

-mrinal sen Gupta, lateed ahmed khan, tirath ajmani- Kalpana immprovisations- instrumental and dance music of india

-t. vaswanathan, l. shankar, t. ranganathan- Pallavi: south Indian flute music

-Palghat Raghu, v.v. Subramaniam, k.v. narayanaswamy- dhyanam/ mewditation ( south Indian vocal music)

--m. Nageswara rao- the pulse of tanam: ghana raga panchakam (ragas of south india)


Bangladesh baul:

saidur Rahman boyati

Abdul Rahman boyati

bidit lal das

shah andul karim

basudeb das baul


nonesuch album:

the bauls of bengal- Indian street music


Indian classical music


Hindustani


manuscripts and composers:

Sharangadeva composed the Sangita Ratnakara (13th century)


musicians:

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Nikhil Banerjee

ravi shankar

bismillah khan

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Zakir Hussain

Pannalal Ghosh

Devendra murdeshwar

shivkumar sharma

Amjad ali khan

sharan rani bakliwal

chanter lal

ali akbar khan

allauddin khan

bade ghulam ali khan

girija devi

zia Mohiuddin Dagan

Laxmi ganesh tewari

Annapurna devi

Nityanand Haldipur

pandit bhimsen joshi

Vinayakrao Patwardhan

Omkarnath Thakur

Narayanrao Vyas

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

B. R. Deodhar 

Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar 

pt. ram Narayan

ustad asad ali khan

ramnad v. Raghavan

t. h. vinayakram

Kishori Amonkar

Kesarbai Kerkar

Laxmibai Jadhav

Mogubai Kurdikar

Mallikarjun Mansur

Shruti Sadolikar

Dhondutai Kulkarni

Pandit Mrityunjaya Agadi

Mushtaq Hussain Khan

Nisar Hussain Khan

Ghulam Mustafa Khan

Ghulam Sadiq Khan

ustad rashid ali khan

Arun Bhaduri

Sulochana Brahaspati

Naina Devi

Bhimsen Joshi

Ghulam Abid Khan

Ghulam Hussain Khan

Ghulam Mustafa Khan 

Ghulam Sadiq Khan

Hafeez Ahmed Khan

Nisar Hussain Khan

Shanno Khurana

Sumati Mutatkar

ustad sulan khan

ustad f. wasifuddin dagar

Shamim ahmed

nazir ali jairazbhoy

mohinuddin dagar

aminuddin dagar

raja Chhatrapati

Suraya dagar

robin kumar Chatterjee

nazir ahmad

kedarnath bhatt

p.s. rajvedi


Carnatic:


composers:

Tyagaraja

Shyama Shastri

Muthuswami Dikshitar


musicians:

l.subramaniam

m.s. subbulakshmi

t.h. vinayakram

Sundaram Balachander

ramnad Krishnan

umayalpuram k. sivaraman

Dr. Balamuralikrishna

Kumar Gandharva

ranganayaki rajagopalan


modern indian music/Indian popular traditional music/filmi:


composers:

Rabindranath Tagore

R. C. Boral

Harishchandra Bali

Pankaj Mullick

anil Biswas

Naushad Ali

Khwaja Khurshid Anwar

S. Rajeswara Rao 

K. V. Mahadevan

Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy

Laxmikant–Pyarelal

G. Devarajan

V. Dakshinamoorthy

M. S. Viswanathan 

Shankar Jaikishan

S. D. Burman

O. P. Nayyar

Madan Mohan

Hemant Kumar

C. Ramchandra

Roshan

Vasant Desai

Kalyanji–Anandji

Khayyam 

R. D. Burman

Bappi Lahiri

Nadeem–Shravan

Jatin–Lalit 

Ilaiyaraaja

Raveendran


singers:

Kundan Lal Saigal

Kishore Kumar

Lata Mangeshkar

Asha Bhosle

Mohammed Rafi

Mukesh

ahmed rushdi

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

K. J. Yesudas

S. Janaki

P. Susheela

K. S. Chithra

MG Sreekumar

Udit Narayan

Shubha mudgal

Amit Kumar

Alka Yagnik

Sujatha

Hemlata

Kumar Sanu

Kavita krishnamurthy


Punjabi:

Kuldeep manak

beb Ghulam ali khan


punjabi-british banghra:

as kang

apna sangeet

alaap and heera group

anari sangeet

bhujhangy group

safri boys

jind mahi

premi

azaad

Rishi rich


Patiala garana ghazal-

ustad gulam ali khan


kali


musicians:

Kuldeep Manak


kashmir


smithsonian folkways album:

-folk music of kashmir


nonesuch album;

kashmir- traditional songs & dances


Pakistan


smithsonian folkways album:

-folk music of pakistan


qawaali:

ustad fateh ali khan

the sabri brothers & ensemble

meraj ahmed and party

The Nooran Sisters

mohammed rafi

Aziz mian

Rahat fateh ali khan

abida parveen

fareed ayaz

Farrukh fateh ali khan

amir khusrow

ustad qawal bahauddin khan

munshi raziuddin

noor jehan

niazi brothers

nizami brothers

geeta Chishti

faiz ali faiz

warsi brothers

badar ali khan

sher mian dad

Mubarak ali khan

Aziz naza

waheed and Naveed Chishti

Ateeq Hussain khan

rizwan-muazzam qawwali

subhan ahmed nizami

munnawar masoom

Parvati kumari

hamsar hayat

roshan ara begum

adil hussaini

ahmed rushdi

suzana ansar

Mujtaba Aziz naza




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