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4 entriesM. S. Subbulakshmi
M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist and the first…
Melakarta Raga System
The Melakarta system is a Carnatic music scheme that classifies 72 parent…
Mridangam
The mridangam is a double-headed barrel-shaped percussion instrument that…
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Muthuswami Dikshitar was an early-nineteenth-century South Indian composer who,…
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4 entriesPakhawaj
The pakhawaj is a two-headed barrel-shaped drum of North India, played…
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana…
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was an Indian sitar virtuoso and composer who…
Purandara Dasa
Purandara Dasa was a 15th–16th century Kannada poet-composer and Haridasa saint…
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4 entriesRabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet is the corpus of roughly 2,230 songs composed by Rabindranath…
Ragam Tanam Pallavi
Ragam Tanam Pallavi is the most elaborate improvisational form in Carnatic…
Ragamala Paintings
Ragamala paintings are a genre of Indian miniature painting that visualizes the…
Rudra Veena
The rudra veena is a large plucked North Indian stick-zither with two gourd…
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6 entriesSangita Ratnakara
The Sangita Ratnakara is a thirteenth-century Sanskrit treatise on Indian music…
Sarangi
The sarangi is a short-necked, bowed string instrument of the North Indian…
Sarod
The sarod is a fretless, plucked stringed instrument of North Indian Hindustani…
Shehnai
The shehnai is a double-reed aerophone of the Indian subcontinent,…
Sitar
The sitar is a long-necked, plucked string instrument of Hindustani classical…
Syama Sastri
Syama Sastri (1762–1827) was a Carnatic composer of Tanjore, the eldest of the…
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5 entriesTabla
The tabla is a North Indian percussion instrument comprising two single-headed…
Tansen
Tansen was a sixteenth-century Hindustani classical musician and composer who…
Tarana
Tarana is a Hindustani classical vocal form that sets rhythmic, semantically…
Thumri
Thumri is a semi-classical vocal genre of Hindustani music built on romantic…
Tyagaraja
Tyagaraja was an early-19th-century Telugu composer-saint of South India whose…
