UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recordings: Nusrat! Live at Meany

UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recordings: Nusrat! Live at Meany, 1993

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali
Title: UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recordings: Nusrat! Live at Meany
Dates: 1993
19931993
Quantity: 1 videotapes : EC - 1 vct (S-VHS, sp, stereo, color) (original sound recorded digitally) (copy 2 is VHS format); Duration: 1:42:00; see also doc file for AT1 Pakistan/93-3.
Collection Number: 1994028
Summary: Published versions of qawwali portion of concert recorded 1/23/93, University of Washington Meany Theater; published by UW Press in 1993 and by Arab Film Distribution in 1998.
Repository: University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Access is restricted.
Languages: English

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 – 1997), from Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, was a Pakistani vocalist and musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, a form of Sufi Islamic devotional music. Khan possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. He belonged to the Patiala gharana extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family, Khan helped introduce Qawwali music to international audiences.

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"Nusrat! Live at Meany" is a production of the Ethnomusicology Division at the University of Washington, Seattle.

The Ethnomusicology Archives has 2 copies of "Nusrat! Live at Meany": 1) one S-VHS copy of Dan Neuman's S-VHS copy (from original) of the UW Press publication of 1993 (1:42:00) and 2) one VHS copy of the Arab Film Distribution publication of 1998 (1:27:00).

Performers: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ensemble: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/vocal; Farukh Fateh Ali Khan/vocal, harmonium; Rahat Ali Khan/vocal; Rahmat Ali/vocal, harmonium; Dildar Hussain/tabla; Asad Ali/chorus; Mehmud Irshad /chorus; Safdar Hussain/chorus; Mohammad Iqbar Naqibi/manager, chorus.

Contents (Qawwali portion of 1/23/93 concert): Allah Hu; Man Kunto Maula; Tanam Farsuda Jan Para; Haq Ali Ali; Mera Piya Ghar Aya; Akhian Udikdian; Mast Mast; Shahbaz Qalandar.

Related collections: 1) AT1 Pakistan/93-3 contains digital audio recording of same concert; 2) AT1 Pakistan/94-16 contains camera #1 video recording of same concert; 3) AT1 Pakistan/94-17 contains camera #2 video recording of same concert; 4) "Imprint: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in Concert" (enhanced CD published by Arab Film Distribution/Hi Horse Records HHO 5055, 1998)

Documentation: Photo-copies of video wrappers and notes to CD recording "Imprint: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in Concert"

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