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Dance & Music of India
Selected Books & Scores
Dance
| AUTHOR / TITLE | CALL NUMBER |
| Bowers, Faubion The Dance in India |
793.3 B662 |
| Dhillon, Iqbal Singh Folk dances of Panjab |
GV1694.P85 D55 1998 |
| Indian Dance: The Ultimate Metaphor. | q GV1693.I48 2000 |
| Khokar, Mohan Traditions of Indian Classical Dance |
q GV1693.K48 1984 |
| Krsnarav, Yu. Es. A Dictionary of Bharata Natya |
GV1796.B4 K77 1990x |
| Massey, Reginald & Jamila The Dances of India: A General Survey and Dancers' Guide |
GV1693.M29 1989 |
| Ragini, Devi Dances of India, with an Appendix on Indian Music |
GV1693.R26 1962 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Viswanathan, T. Music in South India: the Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond |
ML338.V57 2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Compact Discs
Folk & Classical
| If Bal 3368 | Raga Malahari, by S. Balachander. |
| If Bha 34547 | Classics for Pleasure, by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. |
| If Bha 12337 | Raga Gujari Todi; Raga Bhairavi, by Tarun Bhattacharya. |
| If Bis 34543 | Raga Todi; Mishra Thumri, 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 1254 | Saxophone Indian Style by Kadri Gopalnath. |
| 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 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 35542 | Remembering Mahatma Gandhi, by Ustad Amjad Ali 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 Lal 29632 | Raga Darbari Kanhada; Raga Desh, 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 Mud 33982 | Shama, by Shubha Mudgal. |
| If Raj 28489 | Violin Dynasty, by N. Rajam and Sangeeta Shankar. |
| 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 2922 | Pancha Nadai Pallavi, by Shankar. |
| 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 Sri 1252 | Mandolin Ecstasy, 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")
| Mo Bes 24398 | Best of Bollywood. |
| Mo Bho 24544 | Asha Bhosle (Rough Guide), by Asha Bhosle. |
| Mo Bho 24545 | The Best of Asha Bhosle: The Golden Voice of Bollywood, by Asha Bhosle. |
| If Bho 26260 | Love Supreme, by Asha Bhosle. |
| Mo Bho 32954 | A Musical Journey: 75 Years of Asha, by Asha Bhosle. |
| Mo Bol 25204 | Bollywood (Rough Guide). |
| Mo Bol 29635 | Bollywood: An Anthology of Songs from Popular Indian Cinema. |
| Mo Bol 35538 | Bollywood Hits. |
| If Bol 33260 | Bollywood Steel Guitar. |
| Mo Bur 24673 | You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R. D. Burman's Bollywood, by Rahul Dev Burman, performed by Kronos Quartet with Asha Bhosle and Zakir Hussain. |
| Mo Bur 32605 | A Bollywood Legend, by Rahul Dev Burman. |
| Mo Ind 26004 | Indiavision: Hindi films songs and instrumentals [1966-1984] . |
| Mo Jat 35614 | Mohabbatein by Jatin-Lalit. |
| Mo Lax 35560 | Amar Akbar Anthony by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. |
| If Mah 30306 | Introducing Shankar Mahadevan: The Voice of India Today, by Shankar Mahadevan. |
| Mo Man 24399 | Lata Mangeshkar (Rough Guide), by Lata Mangeshkar. |
| Mo Man 30018 | The Legend, by Lata Mangeshkar. |
| Mo Rah 34618 | Introducing A. R. Rahman: Original Soundtracks from the Musical Genius of Indian Cinema, by A. R. Rahman. |
| If Rah 35541 | Between Heaven and Earth, by A. R. Rahman. |
| Mo Rah 35559 | Swades: We, the People, by A. R. Rahman. |
| Mo Rou 29640 | Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold. |
| Mo Sha 32862 | Saawariya: A Film by Sanjay Leela Bansali with music by Monty Sharma, words by Sameer. |
| Mo Shi 35608 | Silsila, by Shiv-Hari and Kabhi Kabhie by Khaiyyaam. |
| Mo Utt 35607 | Dil to Pagal Hai, by Uttam Singh. |
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 29662 |
Bollywood Dance (Note: Bhangra). |
| 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 20 albums of music from India in its World/Folk genre.
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/
Music from India (WDUQ 90.5 FM) - since 1972, one of
the nation's longest running radio programs of Indian music, hosted by
Dr. Vijay Bahl and Harish
Saluja
http://www.wduq.org/index.php/music-from-india
Nandanik Dance Troupe
- a Pittsburgh based dance organization
http://www.nandanikdancetroupe.org/
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 - a Pittsburgh based dance company
http://www.srishtidances.org/
Updated by TRW. October 2009.
