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The Ragas of North India
- GenresMusic
625 pages, Paperback
First published December 12, 1984
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About the author
Walter Kaufmann
7 books1 followerComposer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia (at that time part of Austria-Hungary), Kaufmann enjoyed a career that crossed international boundaries, taking him to Berlin, Bombay (now Mumbai), London, and Canada, before he settled in Bloomington, Indiana, USA in 1957. After 1945 he was not allowed to come back to Bohemia because of his German ethnicity. In 1964, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Kaufmann was noted for his study of Asian music, specializing in the music of India, Tibet, and China.
He was the composer of an opera, The Scarlet Letter, which was very well received at its premiere by the Opera Department of the Indiana University School of Music in the early 1960s.
He is also known for composing the signature music for All India Radio in 1936. The tune is still broadcast as the opening sequence of AIR stations across India.
Kaufmann died in 1984 in Bloomington.
Kaufmann was noted for his study of Asian music, specializing in the music of India, Tibet, and China.
He was the composer of an opera, The Scarlet Letter, which was very well received at its premiere by the Opera Department of the Indiana University School of Music in the early 1960s.
He is also known for composing the signature music for All India Radio in 1936. The tune is still broadcast as the opening sequence of AIR stations across India.
Kaufmann died in 1984 in Bloomington.
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January 13, 2021
The perfect reference book for anyone interested in the history and pictorial descriptions of Hindustani classical ragas.
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