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Alan Lomax, Alain Daniélou
India

Compil. US 1955 on Columbia Masterworks label
Folk (Folk)

Titled "Indian Folk Music" on Labels and Booklet. Catalog number KL-215 on front cover, spine, back cover, labels, and in booklet. Gatefold sleeve with three-page booklet attached. Scales and rhythms are illustrated graphically in the booklet. Each track is linked to a numbered place on the map on front cover (see image): A1. Benares (1). Bhairavi mode. A2. Mirzapur (2); recorded in Benares. Sung in Mirzapur style, village Hindi language. A3. Benares. Sung in Hindi dialect. A4. Benares. Bhartalla rhythm (tala). A5. Northern India (3); recorded in Benares. Mohammedan song of Northern India, sung in Urdu. A6. East Bengal (4). Hindi language. A7. Rajputana (5); recorded in Benares. Hindi language. A8. Nagpur Central Provinces (6); recorded in Nagpur, 1952, by All India Radio. Used by permission. Gond language. B1. Benares. Tilanga mode. B2. Pithapuram, Andhra province (7). Kamavardhani mode. B3. Benares. Raga Brindavani-Sarang mode. B4. Hyderabad (Deccan) (8). Shankara mode. B5. Madras (9). Traditional Tamil devotional song, Kambodi Raga mode. B6. Trivandrum (10). Saranga mode (C#). B7. Trivandrum. Punnagavarali mode, finale in Kedara-Gaula mode. Sung in Malayalam language. B8-B9. South of Madras (11); recorded in Madras. Part of a drama, Tamil language. First song in South Indian Todi scale, second song in Kambodi scale (both transposed in D). B10. Benares. Folk variety of the Tritala rhythm. Danielou's classification of the tracks: I. Archaic survivals - A3, A4 and A8. II. Village and temple music - A2, A5, A6, A7, B5, B8, B9, B10. III. Art music of popular types - A1, B2, B3.

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	Alan Lomax voc, g, 1915-2002 US liner notes, series, edited by, series, compiled by, series, album by
	Alain Daniélou , 1907-1994 CH recorded by, edited by, liner notes, photography by, liner notes, translations, album by
	Robin Roberts voc, g, GB edited by, series, assistant
	Raghunath Prasanna , performer on track, shanai, 1st, flute, tippera
	Motilal , khurdak, cymbal, jhori
	Kanhaiyalal , shanai, 2nd
	Durga Prasad , shanai, 3rd
	Kedarnath , performer on track, vocals
	Jattu , backing vocals, chorus
	Raja , backing vocals, chorus
	Sitaram , backing vocals, chorus
	Kalka Prasad , dholak
	Nanku , performer on track, vocals
	Unknown Artist , drum, nagara, bones, karatala, wooden clappers, ektare, tambourine, chang, veena, drone, reeds, drone, tambura
	Bachau , vocals
	Mundan , Harilal , performer on track
	Harilal , drum, dukkar
	Mundan , drum, nagara
	Ramavatara , gong, kasavar
	Muhammad Usman , Raza , performer on track
	Rahamat Ullah , dholak
	Muhammad Usman , vocals
	Saukat Ali , vocals
	Raza , vocals, harmonium
	Haripada Devanatha , performer on track, vocals, dutar
	Mahadeva Giri , performer on track, vocals
	Munna Giri , vocals
	Gond , IN performer on track
	Satyavolu Madhava Rao , performer on track, veena
	Narayana Das Mishra , performer on track, sarangi
	Shyam Lal , tabla
	Swami D.R. Parvatikar , performer on track, svara mandala
	T.M. Krishnaswamy Iyer , performer on track, vocals
	P.R. Balasubramanyam , vocals
	Drum And Cymbal Orchestra Of Gopinath , performer on track
	C.K. Krishnan Kutti , performer, member of orchestra
	Gopinath , performer, member of orchestra
	N.C. Narayana , performer, member of orchestra
	Thangappan , performer, member of orchestra
	N. Paramasiva , vocals
	Madras Fishermen , performer on track
	Chinnaraja , mridangam
	Ghandi , vocals
	Kapali , vocals
	Pushparaj , vocals
	Thangaraj , vocals
	Narayana Pandé , performer on track, dholak

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