8 min

Victoria's Sonic Empire: Musical Curios Between London and India Histories Of The Ephemeral

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The illustrated version of this podcast may be found here: https://youtu.be/GelmvIU9xfs

Victoria's Sonic Empire: Musical Curios between London and India in the Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum

A brief history of the Indian musical instruments that were sent for display in colonial-era world exhibitions and museums outside India during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Recording of Sitar-been https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAJ3lXw6rdw

V&A Images to accompany the podcast http://collections.vam.ac.uk :
IS.83-1989 Woman playing vina; Jaipur, 1890.
IS.176-1949 Rag Megh Malhar; Deccan, mid 18C.
07365:3/(IS) A vina-player; Benares, c.1860.
IS.182-1882 Taus
IS.47-2002 Bin-sitar or Sitar-been

Written and performed by Katherine Butler Schofield and recorded under a CC–BY–NC–SA license

The illustrated version of this podcast may be found here: https://youtu.be/GelmvIU9xfs

Victoria's Sonic Empire: Musical Curios between London and India in the Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum

A brief history of the Indian musical instruments that were sent for display in colonial-era world exhibitions and museums outside India during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Recording of Sitar-been https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAJ3lXw6rdw

V&A Images to accompany the podcast http://collections.vam.ac.uk :
IS.83-1989 Woman playing vina; Jaipur, 1890.
IS.176-1949 Rag Megh Malhar; Deccan, mid 18C.
07365:3/(IS) A vina-player; Benares, c.1860.
IS.182-1882 Taus
IS.47-2002 Bin-sitar or Sitar-been

Written and performed by Katherine Butler Schofield and recorded under a CC–BY–NC–SA license

8 min

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