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UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: John Rahn (Interview: Imrat Khan), 1990-02-10
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rahn, John
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: John Rahn (Interview: Imrat Khan)
- Dates
- 1990-02-101990-02-101990-02-10
- Quantity
- 2 items : EC - 2 audio cassettes (Dolby B, TDK SA-90); WD - 2 compact discs (digital, stereo); Duration: Tape 1 = 1:30:17; Tape 2 = 13:24 (total duration = 1:43:41)
- Collection Number
- 1990006
- Summary
- Recorded at the home of Ramesh Gangolli, Seattle, February 10, 1990.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John Rahn is a composer, bassoonist, music theorist, and teacher. He is a Professor of Music at the University of Washington School of Music (Seattle, United States), and teaches courses in composition and theory. Throughout his career, he has published a variety of articles as well as composed a chamber opera to be performed by five singers and a small orchestra.
Imrat Khan (1935-2018) was a sitar and surbahar player, teacher, and composer from Calcutta, India. He was born into a musical family, and his older brother was sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. During the 1950s, he performed with his brother, but from the 1960s onward he performed solo. He toured around the world playing music, and in 1988 he received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from the president of India.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Original recorded by John Rahn on cassette (TDK D-90)
Contents: John Rahn interviews Ustad Imrat Khan; also present and speaking is Ramesh Gangolli (others wander through)
Work discs: Disc 1 contains Tape 1, side 1 (45:06); Disc 2 contains Tape 1, side 2 and Tape 2, side 1 (58:36) (track marks inserted every 10 minutes)
Transmission Data: Digital files created 10/4/07 - 90-6.1a.aif, 90-6.1b.aif, 90-6.2a.aif (44.1 kHz, 16-bit)
For an edited transcription of this interview see Perspectives of New Music, vol. 30, no. 2 (summer 1992) (available from JSTOR, UW-Restricted)
Related collections: see AW1 N. India/90-5 for recording of performance by Imrat Khan 2-10-90.
Duration: 1:43:41
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- India--Asia--South Asia
- North India
Form or Genre Terms
- Interviews
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Khan, Imrat (performer)
