Musical Examples for World Literatures in English

India

I. Religious music:
II. Songs
  • "Petition to Ram"  (a variety of muscial cultures)--by Jai Uttal, Indian born in New York
III. Musical Instruments:
  • "Balinese Fantasy" -- by Zakir Hussain  (an Indian percussionist)
  • "Two Lovers" by Ali Akbar Khan  "Two Lovers"  uses Sarod, a 25 metal-stringed intrument carved from a single piece of wood, and is  based on a folk song from the Indian desert province of Rajasthan.)