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THIRTY SONGS FROM THE
PANJAB AND KASHMIR
Ratan Devi and Ananda K.Coomaraswamy
Foreword by Rabindranath Tagore
Edited by PREMLATA SHARMA
1994 xvi+177pp. int.,
notations, notes, ISBN: 81-207-16639: Rs 500 (HB)
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The songs published here were recorded by Alice
Coomaraswamy, who used the Indian name Ratan Devi professionally, with Introduction and
translation by Ananda Coomaraswamy and a foreword by Rabindra Nath Tagore.
Ratan Devi transcribed with music and words, some of the
songs, both classical and folk, she has learnt from her guru Ustad Abdul Rahim of
Kapurthala. The thirty songs documented by her in staff notation are compositions of
genres like Dhrupad, Khayal, Thumri, Dadra, etc. as well as folk-songs in Punjabi, Dogri,
Kashmiri, etc., also Sufi Songs in Urdu, Persian and Kashmiri.
The present volume reproduces the above compilation as Part
I, and Part II contains a transcriptions of the staff notation into sarigama in
Devanagari, a Hindi translation of the non-Hindi texts of songs and notes in Hindi and
English on raga, tala and text.
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| PREMLATA SHARMA is a distinguished
scholar of Musicology, Sanskrit and Hindi. Having received advanced training in vocal
music from the illustrious Pandit Omkar Nath Thakur, she started her career as teacher of
Music, its theory, history and philosophy and held the posts of Professor and Head of the
Department of Musicology at the Banaras Hindu University and the Vice-Chancellore of the
Indira Kala Sangita Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh (M.P.), (1985-88). She was selected as
Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi - 1992. She is now Vice Chairperson of the
Akademy. |
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