Discovering the music of India

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1969

Creator: director, Bernard Wilets.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Wilets, Bernard.; Film Associates.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Describes the two main types of Indian music, the Carnatic of the south and the Hindustani of the north, dating back more than three thousand years. Demonstrates the use of a wide variety of simple and complex instruments. Points out several ways in which Indian music differs from Western music. Includes a traditional Indian dance showing the importance of the art of gesture.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE