Discovering the Music of India

Series: Discovering Music Series

Duration: 23

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Bernard Wilets

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Surveys the historical background of Indian music and demonstrates the instruments, musical form, and dance that are part of the highly complex musical synthesis. Presents instruments of north and south India such as the sitar, flute, tabla, mridangam, and taboura. Illustrates the concept of raga and tala and shows the age-old dance with its traditional art of hand gesture and facial expressions., Surveys the historical background of Indian music and demonstrates the instruments, musical form, and dance that are part of the highly complex musical synthesis. Presents instruments of north and south India such as the sitar, flute, tabla, mridangam, and taboura. Illustrates the concept of raga and tala and shows the age-old dance with its traditional art of hand gesture and facial expressions.

Complete Record: Surveys the historical background of Indian music and demonstrates the instruments, musical form, and dance that are part of the highly complex musical synthesis. Presents instruments of north and south India such as the sitar, flute, tabla, mridangam, and taboura. Illustrates the concept of raga and tala and shows the age-old dance with its traditional art of hand gesture and facial expressions., Describes the two main types of Indian music, dating back more than three thousand years. Demonstrates the use of a wide variety of simple and complex instruments. Includes a traditional Indian dance., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.