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The signature All India Radio tune based on raag Shivaranjini was composed by a Czech-Jewish refugee Walter Kaufmann (originally from Prague) then director of music at Akashvani(AIR)in year 1936. He fled europe during Nazi invasion & came to India in 1934 (1/5)
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#100thMannKiBaat
Mr. Walter composed the tune along with prominent Indian orchestra conductor Mr. Mehli Mehta(father of Mr. Zubin Mehta)who gave the violin contribution to it. Mr. Kaufmann’s mesmerising composition“Anasuya” was described as India’s First Radio Opera in 1939 (2/5)
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#Allindiaradio
Well versed in western music he faced difficulties in initial days but he learnt Indian Classical Music from great musicians of India during his 9 yrs at AIR.He also gave the background music for the movie Navjeevan in 1939 made by Mohan Bhavnani his friend(3/4)
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#indianmusic
From buying cassettes loaded with your favorite songs to having them all just one click away, music streaming platforms have brought the music industry on the rise.
#Spotify #musicstreaming
#Spotify #musicstreaming
#SatyendraNathBose was the connoisseur of classical music. Apart from being a mathematical genius, Bose also cherished music and fine arts.
He was extremely fond of instrumental music and played on the #Esraj like a master.
#IndianScientist #Untold #Music #History
He was extremely fond of instrumental music and played on the #Esraj like a master.
#IndianScientist #Untold #Music #History
People have seen him playing on his Esraj in a lonely corner of his home, with tears rolling down his eyes. He never declined to attend any musical soiree, cultural or art exhibition when invited.
When Professor #DhurjatiPrasadMukherjee was writing his book on #Indianmusic, he received several helpful suggestions from his friend Bose.
We know how artistically magnificient and culturally rich Indian temples are which have a story of its existence, architecture,location and tradition. So a #weekend #philately trial to take a tour of #templesofindia with some stamps #IndiaAt75 #Indianphilately #indiawiththeme
India is a land of #festivals and every festival is celebrated with happiness.A #philately display of some festivals of all the religions of India.Every festival has a moment of joy,celebration,excitement of its own #Indiaat75 #Indianphilately #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav
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#indiatheme
India has the sixth largest number of UNESCO world heritage sites,in which 32 are cultural sites. So here are the stamps of 23 cultural sites- a showcase of culturally #vibrantIndia with a timeline of different phases of #Indianhistory
#IndiaAt75 #philately #Indiawiththeme
#IndiaAt75 #philately #Indiawiththeme
