Deben Bhattacharya
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About Deben Bhattacharya
Deben Bhattacharya (1921-2001) was a Bengali ethnomusicologist, radio and record producer, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, photographer, translator, poet, lecturer, and folk music consultant. He produced over 100 records, 23 films and published more than a dozen books in his lifetime and much of his work was carried out under the auspices of UNESCO. Bhattacharya was born to an old Bengali Brahmin family that was settled in Benares for over 130 years.
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Padmasambhava Birthday Celebration, Part III (Drugpa Kagyu)
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Students of the Salonica Quaker Girl's School - Dance of Jerissos (Ierissos)
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Saban Akdao, cümbüs - Çiftetelli (gazel)
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Hasan Sayin, singer; Reza Argin, zurna; Jumma Ali, dhavul - Untitled
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Vakkas Kaplan, zurna; Feizi Kaplan, dhavul - Mahlo: Song of the Highway Men
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Hüseyin Eroglu, vocals, cura saz - Karacaoglan
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Raif Karsligil, unaccompanied vocals - Karayilan (Black Snake)
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Dervish worshippers in the house of Sheikh Saud Mawlawi - Maqam rasd (In praise of the prophet)
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Performer unknown - Sabah, played on the Ney (flute)
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Performer unknown - Bedouin dance from Katana
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Imam and congregation of the mosque at Kilis - Mevludin Nebevi (The prophet's birth)
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Performer unknown - Folksong from Outebeh, vocals and rababa (one stringed fiddle)
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Performer unknown - Bedouin Melody, Shebbabeh (flute) And darabuka (drum)
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Chang Melody
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Performer unknown - Taqsim (improvisation) on violin
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Drugpa-ka-gyu Temple Ceremony - extract I [Tashijong, 30.10.1979]
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Cimbalaom & Clarinet - Hungary (Hungary)
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Unidentified coffee grinders (two different grinders, switching hands halfway through) - Bedouin coffee grinding beats
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Nour Hanbali, qanun; Antone Noweh, oud; Doureid Laham, darabuka - Suite in maqam rasd featuring Bashraf Sama'i Taatyus and Andalusi Muwashshah
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Praise To Lord Buddha - Mahakala Puja (Nyingma)
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Drugpa-ka-gyu Temple Ceremony - extract II [Tashijong, 30.10.1979]
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Gidjak
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Morning in the Desert
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Gulfa-e-Ghani and Zareef, zarb - Train rhythm imitation
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Hazim, rebab (bowed spike fiddle) - Ballad of the Shahlaan Family
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Padmasambhava Birthday Celebration, Part II (Drugpa Kagyu)
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Suleiman and friends, accompanied by rebab - Hijeni (A love song often sung while riding away on a horse)
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Khalil Akrawi, vocals, spoons - Kasam-e-Meru (excerpt from a 25-minute piece)
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Ostad Abol-Hassan Saba - Setar improvisation in mahour dastgah
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Ostad Zareen Panje Bel - Tar solo in humayun dastgah
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Skördevisa
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Afternoon Prayer Of The Red Hat Sect [Rumtek, 04.1975]
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Shu'aib Ibrahim, joza - Taqsim in maqam ajam
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Drugpa-ka-gyu Temple Ceremony - extract III [Tashijong, 30.10.1979]
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Rohat
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Usul
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Shapoore Delshadi, tar - Tar solo in isfahan dastgah
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Sher Khoda, zarb - Shahnama
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Birwa bir
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Recitativisk sång och tambûrá
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Eskandare Ebrahimi - Setar improvisation in mahour dastgah
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Jyotish CH. Choudhury, sitar - Raga zila
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Baul Song
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Al-haj Hashim Mohammad Al-rejab, santoor; Shu'aib Ibrahim, joza; Abdul-Karim Al-Azawi, dumbuk - Maqam hadidi
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Darioosh Sefvat - Santoor solo in isfahan dastgah
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Tanbur
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Temple Ceremony Of The Nyingmapa Sect [Bir, 31.10.1979]
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Saroj Narang - Simla folk song
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Al-Haj Hashim Mohammad, santoor (hammered dulcimer); Shu'aib Ibrahim, joza (Iranian rebab); Abdul-Karim Al Azawi, dumbuk - Sharqi Dokah (love song)
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Mevlevi Prayer Of The Whirling Dervishes
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