Raga Guide
Raga Guide
Contents:
Performers and credits: Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Buddhadev Das Gupta (sarod), Shruti Sadolikar Katkar (female vocal),
Vidyadhar Vyas (male vocal); Sandip Bhattacharya (tabla accompaniment for Vidyadhar Vyas), Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
(tabla accompaniment for Buddhadev Das Gupta), Ted de Jong (tabla accompaniment for Hariprasad Chaurasia on tracks CD1#5,
CD3#2, CD3#3), Madhukar Kothare (tabla accompaniment for Shruti Sadolikar Katkar), Shib Shankar Ray (tabla accompaniment
for Hariprasad Chaurasia on other tracks), Anant Krishnaji Kunte (sarangi accompaniment for Shruti Sadolikar Katkar); Joep Bor
(editor), Suvarnalata Rao (book author), Wim van der Meer (book author), Jane Harvey (book author), Henri Tournier (music
transcriptions), Lalita du Perron (song translations), Robin Broadbank (recording producer)
Dedicated to Dilip Chandra Vedi (1901-1992). Produced in association with the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music.
Ragas begin with unmeasured alap section, and then proceed to a rhythmic section whose tala is given parenthetically for each
track. Song lyrics are indicated in English for convenience, as the set gives only English and Devangari (rather than Romanized
original). Traditional time of day associations are also given parenthetically, with alternate associations after semicolons.
Each raga is accompanied by historical discussion, definition, musical transcription of the performance, and miniature painting
depiciting its mood.