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Robert S. Gottlieb recordings of North Indian tabla, 1956-1972

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Series 1: Tabla performances
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR16 Habibuddin Khan
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Side A: Solo tabla, January 1957
Recorded in Calcutta by Jnan Ghosh.
Side B: Solo tabla, March 1956
Recorded in New Delhi by Sangit Natak Akademi. Tape 1/31.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR10 Sangit Natak Akademi tapes of Kanthe Maharaj, September 24, 1964
Recorded in Calcutta. Copied by Robert S. Gottlieb with permission of the Sangit Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Red leader: #1/267 tintal and #1/268 brahmatal
Green leader: #1/270 Pancham Sawari Tal and #1/272 Ganesh Tal
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR08 Sangit Natak Akademi tapes of Keramatullah, circa 1965
Recorded in New Delhi. Copied by Robert S. Gottlieb with permission of the Sangit Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Green leader: Performing tabla compositions of Masit Khan. Jhaptal, Ara-Chautal, Rupak.
#1118
Red leader: Solo tabla - tintal
#1117. Keramatullah then renders the bols for specific compositions which follow.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR09 Sangit Natak Akademi tape of Ahmadjan Thirakwa, August 3, 1966
Copied by Robert S. Gottlieb with permission of the Sangit Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Green leader: Solo tabla in tintal
#1/298
Red leader: Interview with Brahaspati
#1/298
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR06 Keramatullah Khan - Tabla Lahara (tintal) accompanied by Mahesh Prasad Misra - Sarangi, May 1968
Recorded in Calcutta. This performance has not been published.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR07 Amir Hussain - solo tabla, November 17, 1968
Recorded in Bombay by A.K. Thatte.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR03 Performances of Kishan Maharaj and Wazid Hussain
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Green leader: Performance of Kishan Maharaj, April 21, 1971
Recorded in Benares.
Red leader: Performance of Wazid Hussain, April 20, 1971
Recorded in Lucknow.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR15 Wazid Hussain reciting bols for his performance, April 20, 1971
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR02 Tabla performance of Keramatullah Khan, May 10, 1971
Recorded in Calcutta. This performance used for publications: Major Traditions of North Indian Tabla Drumming, 1977 and Solo Tabla Drumming of North India, 1993 and 1998.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR19 Bols and performances
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Side A: Hashmat Ali bols for Habibuddin's 1956 and 1957 performances, July 24, 1971
See AFC 2000/014: SR16
Side B: Keramatullah alternate performance, May 10, 1971
Not published.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR01 Tabla performances of Inam Ali Khan
Recorded in Bombay.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog, 5 in.
Green leader, October 5, 1971
This performance used for Anthology Record, 1975.
Red leader, October 6, 1971
This performance used for publications: Major Traditions of North Indian Tabla Drumming, 1977 and Solo Tabla Drumming of North India, 1993 and 1998.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR04 Tabla performance of Alla Rakha, January 1972
Recorded in Bombay. Selections from these performances were combined for use in Major Traditions of North Indian Tabla Drumming, 1977 and Solo Tabla Drumming of North India, 1993 and 1998.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR21 Bols and performances
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Side A: Bols for performance of Alla Rakha recited by Zakir Hussain, January 10, 1972
Recorded in Bombay. See AFC 2000/014: SR04
Side B: Recorded performance of Alla Rakha, January 1972
Recorded in Bombay. This was abridged for Major Traditions of North Indian Tabla Drumming, 1977 and Solo Tabla Drumming of North India, 1993 and 1998.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR05 Edited tapes of Habibuddin and Alla Rakha, undated
Ajrala compositions selected from older recordings. See AFC 2000/014: SR16. The edited performance of Alla Rakha which was published.
Extent: 1 sound tape reel: analog, 5 in.
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR20 Bols, undated
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Side A: Arvind Mulgaonkar bols for miscellaneous gharana compositions
Recorded in Bombay.
Side B: Arjun Shejwal pakhawaj player, bols for miscellaneous compositions and parkhans and their rendition on pakharaj
Series 2: Interviews
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR13 Miscellaneous interviews, Calcutta
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Side A: Masit Khan playing tabla and reminiscing about his musical background, March 2, 1971
Interview in Hindi.
Side B: Interview with Jnan Ghosh, Keramatullah, and Masit Khan about rhythmic manipulations, February 9, 1971
Interview in Hindi.
FOLDER 1 [Interview synopsis - Jnan Ghosh], February 9, 1971
Extent: 1 folder
FOLDER 2 [Interview transcript - Masit Khan and Keramatullah], March 2, 1971
Extent: 1 folder
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR17 Interview with Kishan Maharaj, Benares, April 21, 1971
Five classes of lay, discussion with bols, bols for Tabla Lahara, five lay illustration (tukras), gharana style and terms, five lay repeated.
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
FOLDER 3 [Translation of interview - Kishan Maharaj], April 21, 1971
Extent: 1 folder
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR14 Interview with Wazid Hussain, Lucknow, April 21, 1971
Gharana genealogy, gat (Abid Hussain), gat features, mixed parhan (tabla), pure tabla, chakradar (Wazid Hus), comp/(Farukhabad model), tukra, peshkar, miscellaneous elaborations.
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
FOLDER 4 [Interview transcript - Wazid Hussain], April 21, 1971
Extent: 1 folder
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR18 Interview with Habibuddin, Meerut, July 24, 1971
Interviewing Habibuddin who was paralyzed at the time. He could no longer perform and was barely able to speak. When asked about the compositions he performed for the 1956 and 1957 recordings, he responded by fingering the bols on the arm of his disciple Hashmat Ali who was then able to recite them.
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR11 Interview with Inam Ali, Bombay, September 1971
Interview in Hindi.
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
Item ID: AFC 2000/014: SR12 Interview with Inam Ali and his disciple Latif Ahmed, Bombay, September 1971
Interview in Hindi. Subjects include: bols of tabla and distinction pertaining to palta and bal.
Extent: 1 sound cassette: analog
FOLDER 5 [Manuscript materials accompanying sound recordings]

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