Raga

Synopsis

Opens with Yehudi Menuhin playing a record of the morning raga ‘Ahira Bhairava’ and shows musicians playing the same raga in their city of Jaipur in Rajasthan. Shows how the complex raga system is founded on simple folksong types and on Hindu religious chants. Shows the making of the complicated stringed instruments for playing ragas and music students undergoing the traditional oral training. The relationship between raga music, painting and poetry, the masculine or feminine character and emotional content of each raga and its appropriate time for playing are discusses. Ends with a complete performance of the devotional morning raga ‘Sindh Bhairavi’, played by sitarist Halim Jaffer Khan.

Series

Music and Society: Asian Insights, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Year of production

198

Availability

Sale; 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Anthropology; Music

Keywords

ethnomusicology; Indian music

Distributor

Name

World Microfilms

Contact

Stephen Albert

Email

microworld@ndirect.co.uk

Web

http://www.microworld.uk.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7586 4499

Fax

020 7722 1068

Address

PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD

Notes

World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.