Laxmi Ganesh Tewari is a practitioner of Gwalior gharana vocal music and ethnomusicology scholar. He was born on September 8, 1938 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India and studied at Banaras Hindu University under B.R. Deodhar and Dr. Lalmani Misra. After obtaining a Doctor of Music in 1967, he moved to the United States to pursue a PhD in ethnomusicology at Wesleyn University.
Dr. Tewari served as a faculty member of the Ethnomusicology Department at Sonoma State University in California from 1974-2014. He has done extensive fieldwork in India, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Fiji, Ghana and Zimbabwe, recording folk songs and festivals and authoring academic books, articles and documentaries. Among those titles are
He has also made numerous recordings of his music; chief amongst them is his rendering of Sameshwari, a Raga created by Dr. Lalmani Misra to preserve the notes of Samagana of Sama Veda period.
Sources: Sonoma State University website, wikipedia, www.indianetzone.com
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Donated by Dr. Laxmi Tewari, April 4, 2019.
Notes, transcripts and translations of India 1975-1976 tapes are in folder titled
Side A: Allah interview at Sheoli Side B: Folks stories at Sheoli, one Saria song (incomplete)
Side A: Family history: Why Tewariji was named Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Hindu festivals of the year Side B: Hindu festivals (continued)
Side A: Explanation of village paintings by Misraji, 2-3 stories by Phulati (of Shivli), story by Badi Amma, narration of two Devi pujas, song to Devi. Monologue, Vanasura, by Krishna Kishore Misra.
Badi Amma stories, Budhamati stories
Sides A and B: Dhobi songs in Sheoli as told by Phoalmati
Side A: one story-Astami, one prayer
Side A: Sheela's [relatives] Chachia Saas, Mama, Pita, Sheeda, Banaras Wali
Folks stories told by Bhagwati Pandey (continued to tape 4, side one)
Descriptions of contents of tapes recorded in 1975-1976, including context of recordings, identities of speakers and performers. Some Hindi transcripts included. Removed from folder originally titled "India Field Trip 1972-1973 song-texts"
Side A: #1 Alha recorded in village Pendri Kala near Kairagarh (Madhya Pradesh) Side B: #2 Alha recitation with explanation - Pendri Kala #3 Alha in Sutiya near Khairagargh (M.P.) #4 Alha in Sutiya
Side A: #5-7, #8, #9 Sung by Sri Ram Krishna Tiwan, Khairagargh Side B: #10, #11 Musicians #12 Interview with Barasati Bhaiya
Side A: #13 Interview Side B: #14, 15, 16 Alha in Bijna sung by Mannu Lal
Side A: #17 Alha in Bijna by Mannu Lal, #18 Surya Pratep talking about Jawaro festival #19 Talk by Alha Singers from Poonchi Karmala about Sibu Da and his history Side B: #19 continued #20 Prithviraj ki Mahobe par Chadhai
Side A: #21 Continued from Tape 4 Side B #22 Alha Singers from village #23 Alha from Punchi Karagawan Side B: Alha from Tej Kisun Kheda
Side A: #26-30 Side B: #31 Alha in Bachara (Pandit Ram Prasad Patel), #32
Side A: #33-34 Side B: Interview Pt. Devi Prasad Pandey
Sides A and B: #41 "Rachare" song sung by Kachi women of Mahoba
Sides A and B: #42 Lectures of Sri Uma Shankar Nagayach, Mahoba; Prabhas Kumar Jha, joint magistrate, Mahoba; Dr. Narmada Prasad Gupta, Chhatarpur
Sides A and B: #44 Second session organized by Jagnik Sodh Sansthan on the topic "Alhakhand ke vivadaspada prasangon par Bahasa"
Side A: #55 Interview with Mr. Ramesh Joudaka, President and Dr. V.P. Misra, Vice President Sahitya Prashad, Mahoba Side B: #56 Sri Shiv Ratan Yadav singing Alha and Sair, Sagar #56A Nand Kishore Raikbar reciting Alha - Sagar
Side A: #57 Alha by Mohan Lal Patel (Thallu), Village Gadha #58 Alha by Narayan Prasad Joshi and Man Mehan Joshi #59 Alha by Bhavani Prassad Baretha Side B: #60 Alha party from Village Madiya (Bihal Nagara); recorded at Folk Arts Academy, Sagar
Continuation of Alha from Tape 27, further talk on Sibu's life
Side A, B (forenoon session): Sirsa ki Ladai/ Alha Nikasi
Side A (forenoon session): Sirsa ki Ladai/Kajila ki Ladai (start) Side B (afternoon session): Kajila ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Kajila ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Kajila ki Ladai
Side A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Kajila ki Ladai
Side A, B (a.m. session): Kirat Sagar ki ladai
Side A, B (p.m. session): Kirat Sagar ki Ladai
Side A (p.m. session): Kirat Sagar ki Ladai Side B (a.m. session): Kirat Sagar Ki Ladai (end)/Alha Ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (a.m. session): Alha ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (p.m. session): Alha ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Alha ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (a.m. session): Alha ka Byah (vivah)
Side A (p.m. session): Alha ka Byah (vivah) (end) Side B (p.m. session): Malkhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (p.m. session): Malkhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (p.m. session): Malkhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (a.m. session): Malkhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Malkhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (p.m. session): Malkhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A (a.m session): Malkhan ka Byaha (vivah) (end) Side B (a.m. session): Udal ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Udal ka Byah (vivah)
Side A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Udal ka Byah (vivah)
Side A (a.m. session): Udal ka Byah (vivah) Side B (a.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki ladai
Side A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Side A, B (p.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Side A, B (a.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Manaua aur Betwa ki Ladai
Side A (p.m. session): Manua aur Betwa ki Ladai (end) Side B (p.m. session): Chandrawal ki Chauthi
Sides A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Chandrawal ki Chauthi
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Chandrawal ki Chauthi
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Chandrawal ki Chauthi
Sides A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Chandrawal ki Chauthi
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Indal haran aur Balakh Bukhar ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Indal haran aur Balakh Bukhar ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Indal haran aur Balakh Bukhar ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. sessions): Indal haran aur Balkah Bukhar ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Indal haran aur Balakh Bukhar ki Ladai
Sides A (p.m. session) Indal haran aur Balakh Bukhar ki Ladai (end)/Ganjar ki Ladai Side B (a.m. session): Ganjar ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m session): Ganjar ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Ganjar ki Ladai
Side A (p.m. session): Ganjar ki Ladai (end) Side B (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Byah (vivah)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Byah (vivah)
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Lakhan ka Byah (vivah)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Byah (vivah)
Side A (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Byah (vivah) (end)/ Brahma ka Byah Side B: (a.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah)
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah)
Side A (a.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah) Side B (p.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah)
Side A (p.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah) Side B (p.m. session): Brahma ka Byah (vivah) (end), (a.m. session): Madau ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Madau ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Madau ki Ladai
Sides A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Madau ki Ladai
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Madau ki Ladai
Side A (a.m. session): Madau ki Ladai (end) Side B (p.m session): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (p.m. sessions): Udal Haran
Sides A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (p.m. and a.m. sessions): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona)
Side A (a.m. session): Lakhan ka Gauna (Gona) (end)/ (p.m. session) Machla haran Side B (p.m. session): Machla haran
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Machla haran
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Machla haran
Sides A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Machla haran
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Machla haran
Side A (a.m. session): Machla haran Side B (a.m. session): Machla haran (end)/Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Side A, B (a.m. and p.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (a.m. and p.m. sessions): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Sides A, B (p.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (Gona)
Side A (a.m session): Bela ka Gauna Side B (a.m. session): Bela ka Gauna (end)/Udal Haran
Sides A, B (a.m. session): Udal Haran
Side A (p.m. session): Udal Haran
On cassette: "Same recording as video #1"
Side A: Ramesh Chandra Misra/Babua Shukla/Kanhaiya Lal Tewari/Shiva Prasad/Kusahar
Alha singing and conversation with Sri Chandra Bhan Singh of village Bidokhar
1. A brief interview with Mumtaz Ali, a Tesu maker from Sikandra 2. Women during Jhanjhi Tesu 3. A brief interview with Ram Sewak Pandey's middle brother
Same recording as Tape 82
Side A: 1. Jayasingha 2. Kakun ke Mahavir 3. Baba Shankar Das (Chauda Khemu) 4. Roop Kishore Rawat, Khajuraho 5. Balvira Bal (?) 6. Kandbeda ke Adhyapaka 7. Peer Baba Chatelake Side B: 8. Manmohan Das Baba-Kalpi 9. Vairagarh ke Bapuji 10. Dr. Sitakishore Seundha 11. Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, Mandau 12. Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava-"Gaid" (Guide) 13. Dayananda Varsne, Sambhala 14. Sambhal ke "Cheyarman" (Chairman) 15. Ramesh Prasad Misra-Sambhal
Side A: 15. Ramesh Prsada Misra-Sambhal 16. Paras Bhramar-Bahraich 17. Anirudha Prasad Verma-Jayantinathan 18. Madan Lal-Bahraich 19. Jamina Prasad-Bahraich 20. Devi Prasad-Gajaria 21. Poorana Chandra Sharma-Alhaita Side B: 22. Bharathari Baba-Chunar 23. Sri Ramji-Chunar 24. Jokhan-Chunar; Kalpi-TV Program
Side A: Balabehat/Chanderi (Boodhi Chanderi)/Ratangarh Devi (Devgarh, Pathrigarh)/Nakhatgarh/Bateshwar
#10 Ram, #11 Thumri, #12 Phag, #13 Khadi
First copy
On cassette: "original in Video 8"
On cassette: "original in Video 8"
On cassette: "Original in Video 8"
Chandra Bhan Singh, Alhait; Mamuliya festival (9/21/89); Mahalakshmi festival (9/22/89); Jai Singh and family, Alhait (9/22/89); Shankar Singh and Sukkhu (10/24/89); Ram Ratan (dholak), Basauta, Hari Shankar and party singing
Same content as Tape 83; Note on cassette: "parts converted to DV"
38 books, pamphlets, serials, preprint publications, conference papers, bibliographies in Hindi and English.
Contents removed from brown folder
Contents removed from orange folder
Song lyrics, clippings, notes
Contents removed from green folder