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Paul Hume, music editor for Washington Post In November and December 1974, Shankar co-headlined a North American tour with George Harrison. The demanding schedule weakened his health, and he suffered a heart attack in Chicago, causing him to miss a portion of the tour. [d] Harrison, Shankar and members of the touring band visited the White House on invitation of John Gardner Ford, son of US ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer best known for his success in popularizing the sitar. ... Shankar's sitar training ended. ... the recording made for the benefit by the performing ...
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Apr 8, 2024 · Ravi Shankar (born April 7, 1920, Benares [now Varanasi], India—died December 11, 2012, San Diego, California, U.S.) was an Indian musician, player of the sitar, composer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India, who was influential in stimulating Western appreciation of Indian music. Born into a Bengali Brahman (highest social class ...
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Dec 27, 2017 · The sitar now on display in Room 33 is particularly special. It was made for the great musician Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) in 1961 by the Calcutta-based instrument maker Nodu Mullick. Mullick made four sitars for Shankar, and we believe this to be the first of the group. The neck and sounding board are made of teak, while the bulbous resonator ...
Apr 7, 2016 · R avi Shankar, the man who made traditional Indian sitar music popular worldwide, didn’t shoot to fame overnight. The musician—who was born on this day, April 7, in 1920—first began ...
Sitar used by the Indian musician, Ravi Shankar. Made of teak, gourds (the two resonators), metal (the strings) and bone (the inlaid decoration). The sitar is a long-necked string instrument with both primary and supplementary strings, taughtened at the top of the neck by plugs. 1961.
