Raga Mala : The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar

by Shankar, Ravi; Harrison, George; Harrison, George; Craske, Oliver

• ISBN13: 9781566491044
• ISBN10: 1566491045
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

The world's leading sitar player and elder statesman of Indian culture, Ravi Shankar spent his teenage years as a dancer in the glamorous world of 1930s Paris and New York. After studying in India with classical Hindustani music master Allauddin Khan, Ravi's early career culminated in a successful tour of Soviet Russia in 1954 with the huge, prestigious first cultural delegation sent by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Author Biography

Ravi Shankar is the world's foremost sitar player who spearheaded the international spread of Indian culture. His masterful play inspired the sitar boom in the 1960s, influencing musicians such as George Harrison and the Beatles, Yehudi Menuhin, and Philip Glass. In the public eye for almost seventy years, he still maintains a huge following around the world through regular performances and recordings

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Preface (Tuning Up)	p. 8
Gangeshwari	p. 11
Bairagi	p. 35
Rangeshwari	p. 83
Manamanjari	p. 105
Suranjani	p. 141
Kameshwari	p. 189
Tilak Shyam	p. 231
Jogeshwari	p. 259
Mohan Kauns	p. 285
Parameshwari	p. 305
Postscript: Dhun-Rasiya	p. 314
Afterword	p. 316
Glossary	p. 318
Chronology	p. 323
Credits and Publishers' Note	p. 326
Index	p. 327
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