New Music From Deben Bhattacharya on Calabash Music

Temple Music From Tibet

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:13:48 -0600

Tibetan chants from the roof of the world: live temple ceremonies of the Drug-pa-ka-gyu and Nyng-ma-pa sects. The late Deben Bhattacharya was one of the world's leading authorities on folk music, song and dance and classical music in Eastern and Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia. He won international recognition as an expert on ethnic folk music. On hundreds of reels of tape and innumerable photographs Mr. Bhattacharya brought back into sight and sound age-old cultures from remote corners of he globe where folk song and folk dance had not been touched by modern civilization. Much of Bhattacharya's work is carried out under the auspices of U.N.E.S.C.O.

Dervish Ceremonies

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:13:48 -0600

"Dervish Ceremonies" consists of live recordings of two distinctive elements of the Dervish music from Turkey: the Mevlevi prayers of the whirling dervishes and the Jerrahi prayers of the howling dervishes. Recorded and compiled by the late Deben Bhattacharya, who was one of the world's leading authorities on folk music, song and dance, and classical music in Europe and Asia. He won international recognition as an expert on ethnic folk music. On hundreds of reels of tape and innumerable photographs Mr. Bhattacharya brought back into sight and sound age-old cultures from remote corners of he globe where folk song and dance had not been touched by modern civilization. Much of Bhattacharya's work was carried out under the auspices of U.N.E.S.C.O.

Zingari - Route Of The Gypsies

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:13:48 -0600

"Zingari: Route of the Gypsies" was recorded live on location in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain, Hungary, France, and the former Yugoslavia by the late Deben Bhattacharya. Bhattacharya was one of the world's leading authorities on folk music, song and dance and classical music in Europe and Asia. He won international recognition as an expert on ethnic folk music. On hundreds of reels of tape and innumerable photographs Mr. Bhattacharya brought back into sight and sound age-old cultures from remote corners of he globe where folk song and folk dance had not been touched by modern civilization. Much of Bhattacharya's work is carried out under the auspices of U.N.E.S.C.O. "...Mr. Bhattacharya is obviously a folksong collector of the first rank. This is an ethnic collection of representative gems in the rough. The collection turns out to be a fascinating document, lovingly assembled." --Robert Shelton, The New York Times