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Dance & Music of India
Selected Books & Scores
Dance
| AUTHOR / TITLE | CALL NUMBER |
| Bowers, Faubion The Dance in India |
GV1693.B6 |
| Dhillon, Iqbal Singh Folk dances of Panjab |
GV1694.P85 D55 1998 |
| Global Bollywood : Travels of Hindi Song and Dance | PN1993.5.I8 G54 2008 |
| Indian Dance: The Ultimate Metaphor. | q GV1693.I48 2000 |
| Khokar, Mohan Traditions of Indian Classical Dance |
q GV1693.K48 1984 | Massey, Reginald & Jamila The Dances of India: A General Survey and Dancers' Guide |
GV1693.M29 1989 |
| Pandeya, Avinash C. The Art of Kathakali |
GV1693.P3 1999x |
| Ragini, Devi Dances of India, with an Appendix on Indian Music |
r GV1693.R26 1962 |
| Singh, Shanta Serbjeet Indian Dance: The Ultimate Metaphor |
q GV1693.I48 2000 |
| Venktaraman, Leela Indian Classical Dance: Tradition in Transition |
q GV1693.V465 2002 |
Return to the topMusic
| AUTHOR / TITLE | CALL NUMBER |
| Clayton, Martin Time in Indian Music: Rhythm, Metre and Form in North Indian R–ag Performance |
ML338.C593 2000 |
| Farrell, Gerry Indian Music and the West |
ML338.F37 1997 |
| The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, v. 5 South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent. | (r)q ML100.G16 1998 |
| Gritton, Peter Folksongs from India Includes information about the structure of Indian music and the instruments used, as well as folk songs from the southern region of India (Mysore). |
M1808 .F65 1993x |
| Massey, Reginald & Jamila The Music of India (foreword by Ravi Shankar) |
ML338.M38 1996x |
| McIntosh, Solveig Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song |
ML3748.M28 2005 |
| Pesch, Ludwig The Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music |
ML338.P423 1999 |
| Roychaudhuri, Bimalakanta Dictionary of Hindustani Classical Music |
ML102.H56 R613 2000 |
| Wade, Bonnie C. Music in India: The Classical Traditions |
ML338.W32 1979x |
| White, Emmons E. Appreciating India's Music: An Introduction, with an Emphasis on the Music of South India |
ML338.W53 |
For many more titles in these subjects, please ask a music librarian.
Videos & DVDs
| TITLE | CALL NUMBER |
| The Cosmic Dance of Shiva. | Mus G - Cos |
| Dances of India: Bharata Natyam Arangetram Dances . | (DVD) Dan I - Ind |
| Dances of India: Learning Bharata Natyam. | (DVD) Dan I - Ind |
| Discovering the Music of India. | (DVD) ML338.D57 2005x |
| Indian & Persian Classical Music. | (DVD) M1795.I63 2004x |
| The
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance. Vol. 11. South Asia I. India 1. |
Dan G - J -- 11 |
| The
JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance. Vol. 12. South Asia II. India 2. |
Dan G - J -- 12 |
| Kalakshetra. | Dan G - Kal |
| Krishna in Spring. | Mus G - Kri |
| Languages of Sound and Movement. Episode 1, Of Beauty & Deities: Music & Dance of India. | (DVD) GV1796.B4 L36 2006x |
| Painted Ballad of India. | Mus G - Pai |
| Raga. | Mus G - Rag |
| There'll Always Be Stars in the Sky: the Indian Film Music Phenomenon. | (DVD) ML2075.T476 2003x |
Selected Compact Discs
Folk & Classical
| If Bha 34547 | Classics for Pleasure by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. |
| If Bha 37458 | O Shakuntala! by Debashish Bhattacharya. |
| If Bha 12337 | Raga Gujari Todi; Raga Bhairavi by Tarun Bhattacharya. |
| If Bis 34543 | Ustad Bismillah Khan: Shehnai by Bismillah Khan. |
| If Cha 12614 | Janani by Srikanth Chary. |
| If Cha 34689 | Tintal by Samir Chatterjee. |
| If Cha 1711 | Rag Lalit by Hariprasad Chaurasia. |
| If Cha 27404 | Four Dhuns by Hariprasad Chaurasia. |
| If Cha 35625 | Greatest Jugalbandies by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia & Dr. M. Balamurlikrishna. |
| If Chh 14034 | Folksongs & Dances from India |
| If Gop 34546 | Scintillating Sax by Kadri Gopalnath. |
| If Guh 34688 | Subhra Guha: Vocal by Subhra Guha. |
| If Hin 34548 | Hindustani Classical Vocal featuring Sulochana Brahaspati, Shruti Sadolikar and Girija Devi. |
| If Hus 35537 | Ustad Zakir Hussain: the Versatile Genius by Zakir Hussain. |
| If Ind 19147 | India from the Alan Lomax collection. |
| If Ind 35554 | Indian Folk Music from Uttar Pradesh. |
| If Kha 1712 | Rag Miya Ki Todi; Rag Bilaskhani Todi by Imrat Khan. |
| If Kha 8424 | Rag Bhimpalasi; Rag Tilak Kamod by Nishat & Irshad Khan. |
| If Kha 28343 | Magic of Twilight: Indian Ragas for Sitar, Tabla and Tanpoora by Irshad Khan. |
| If Kha 28352 | Yaadein by Imrat Khan. |
| If Kha 33661 | Peerless by Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. |
| If Kha 35542 | Remembering Mahatma Gandhi by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. |
| If Kha 39047 | Raga Jog by Shujaat Khan. |
| If Kha 39196 | Sarod for Harmony by Amjad Ali Khan. |
| If Kha 39554 | Then and Now: 1955-1995 by Ali Akbar Khan. |
| If Kic 12331 | Vijay Kichlu by Vijay Kumar Kichlu. |
| If Kri 10395 | Ramnad Krishnan, Vidwan: Music of South India: Songs of the Carnatic Tradition by Ramnad Krishnan. |
| If Kum 35543 | Dhun Ugama Ragas by Pt. Kumar Gandharva. |
| If Lal 29632 | Raga Darbari Kanhada; Raga Desh by Lalith Rao. |
| If Lal 40559 | Beyond Reach by Lalith Rao. |
| If Mai 10511 | Tabla Tarang: Melody on Drums by Kamalesh Maitra. |
| If Maj 35561 | Master of the Indian Bansuri by Pandit Ronu Majumdar. |
| If Man 35544 | Lata Mangeshkar Recites the Bhagwad Geeta by Hridaynath Mangeshkar. |
| If Mon 6099 v.2 | The World of Traditional Music: South Asia |
| If Mud 33982 | Shama by Shubha Mudgal. |
| If Raj 28489 | Violin Dynasty by N. Rajam and Sangeeta Shankar. |
| If Raj 38540 | Into the Raga by Nirmala Rajasekar. |
| If Rav 34645 | Music from Madras: Ravikiran Plays Chitravina by N. Ravikiran. |
| If Rel 30013 | Religious Chants from India: Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu. |
| If Sab 27495 | Master Drummer of India by Ghulam Sarwar Sabri. |
| If Sas 7789 | Inde du Sud: L'art de la vina by E. S. Shastry. |
| If Sha 15511 | Sound of the Sitar by Ravi Shankar. |
| If Sha 16477 | Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 by Ravi Shankar. |
| If Sha 19085 | Anoushka Shankar Live at Carnegie Hall by Anoushka Shankar. |
| If Sha 22121 | Chants of India by Ravi Shankar. |
| If Sha 23517 | Ravi Shankar: Rough Guide. |
| If Sha 25794 | Rise by Anoushka Shankar. |
| If Sha 29443 | Three Ragas by Ravi Shankar. |
| If Sha 32480 | A Life of Dedication: 80th Birthday Celebration by Lakshmi Shankar. |
| If Sha 39152 | Pancha Nadai Pallavi by Shankar. |
| If Sha 39555 | Homage to Mahatma Gandhi by Ravi Shankar. |
| If Sri 1252 | Mandolin Ecstasy by U. Srinivas. |
| If Sri 39150 | Mandolin Magic by U. Srinivas. |
| If Sub 27493 | Rag Hemavati by L. Subramaniam. |
| If Sub 30020 | Sangeet Sangam by L. Subramaniam. |
| If Sud 35598 | Shakti: Chant sacre de l'Inde du Sud [Sacred Songs of South India] by Sudha Ragunathan. |
| If Tal 34549 | Ragas Bihag, Durga & Basant; Dadra by Padma Talwalkar. |
| If Voi 32132 | Voices of Humans, Ancestors, and Gods: A Musical Journey Through India's Interior. |
| If Wom 16625 | Women's Songs from India. |
Film Music ("Bollywood")
Bhangra
| If Bha 16623 |
Bhangra (Rough Guide). |
| If Bha 27531 |
Bhangra Beatz: A Naxos World Collection. |
| If Bha 35564 |
Bhangra Dance Hits. |
| If Bha 33983 |
Bhangra: Original Punjabi Pop. |
| If Bha 35243 |
Bhangra: The Sound of Bollywood. |
| If Bol 40745 |
Bollywood Party: Bhangra & More. |
| If Rou 29467 |
Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance. |
| Po Wha 10804 |
What is Bhangra? |
Radio
| If Rad 31874 |
Radio India: The Eternal Dream of Sound. |
Online Listening
You can find over 300 tracks of music from India, including many field recordings, in the Smithsonian Global Sound database.
The Naxos Music Library also has over 160 albums of music from India in its "World" genre under the letter "I.".
Both databases are available in the library or remotely for free with a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh card.
Web Sites
Art India Net - an exclusive site on Indian performing
and allied arts
http://www.artindia.net/
Bhangra in the Burgh - a yearly dance competition of
regional bhangra teams sponsored by Carnegie-Mellon University and its
Mayur South Asian Student
Alliance
http://www.bhangraintheburgh.com/
Chhandayan - though based mostly in New York, this organization
also promotes Indian music concerts and provides classes, workshops, and
instrument sales in other states, including the Pittsburgh area
http://www.tabla.org/
Music from
India -- WESA 90.5 FM Pittsburgh (formerly WDUQ) - since
1972, one of the nation's longest running radio programs of Indian music,
hosted by Dr. Vijay Bahl and Harish Saluja
http://wesa.fm/music-india
Nandanik Dance Academy - a Pittsburgh based organization
promoting Indian dance
http://www.nandanik.com/
SPICMACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music
and Culture Amongst Youth) - a local chapter of SPICMACAY based
at Carnegie-Mellon University that holds free concerts of Indian Classical
music
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/macay/
Srishti Dances of India - though now relocated to Michigan,
this dance company was begun in Pittsburgh by Sreyashi Dey and maintains
connections to its hometown
http://www.srishtidances.com/
Updated by TRW. January 2013.
