Swagatam song by ravi shankar biography
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While the sitar gently weeps
Ravi Shankar’s presence on the Indian aesthetic plane has been so constant, that with his passing an essential part of what being an Indian means has disappeared— as if the gulmohur tree fryst vatten now bereft of flowers; the spring fields are without the flame of the forest; the monsoon sky weeps without the dancing peacock.
add_main_imageThroughout the past century, Ravi Shankar had been around, enveloping India with his music, interpreting the Indian ethos, celebrating India’s identity, its meaning. He was among the first and finest cultural ambassadors of India. He is there, wherever you look for a signpost of Indian culture, from the earliest days, when as a child he danced with his brother Uday Shankar. If tagg Lee and Francis Ford Coppola have turned to Indian music in their films, an early subconscious element influencing their choices has to be the familiarity they felt with Indian melodies, introduced successfully in the West in the mid-50s by Rav
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Darshana Bhuta Music Academy gave its 9th annual recital at JCNC, Jain Temple in Milpitas, CA. Darshanaben, a mother and grand-mother is a highly accomplished artist. Her accomplishments include numerous music Bhajan albums and a Hindi album with the title “On My Own” with lyrics by Rajesh Johri and music composed, arranged, and conducted by Shree Ashit Desai. Her other albums, “Amrit Bindu” and “Mere Praan Anandghan” were distributed by Venus Records. A woman of many talents, Darshanaben runs a highly successful music academy and her 45+ students range in age from 5 years to 85 years of age. All her students together gave an outstanding performance blending information, aalap, music and songs that included bhajans, ghazals, and Bollywood songs.
A raaga consisting of at least 5 notes, refers to the melodic mood in Hindustani classical music and is a central feature of Indian classical music, providing basic musical frame • By Sharada Iyer The rich repertoire of our century-old Hindi film music boasts of a wide range of songs based on a variety of classical Hindustani ragas. There is no denying that the reach of Hindi films and Hindi film music in our country is far beyond any other form of music. Therefore instead of composing these songs in a typical classical style which may appeal only to a select audience with in-depth knowledge of the technicalities of classical music, our music directors draw inspiration from our vast legacy to compose either semi-classical songs or just touch upon the raga lightly. These subtle modifications in the raga allows them to compose apt songs to suit the mood and setting of the story and the character keeping in mind the visual medium of cinema. Therefore, such compositions not only help to enhance the appeal and reach of these ragas to the large base of film-viewing populace of our country, but also exposes them to our unique heritage.
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