Victoria's Sonic Empire: Musical Curios Between London and India

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