#annapurna devi

(via Annapurna Devi, Reclusive Indian Musician and Teacher, Dies at 91 - The New York Times)

Annapurna Devi an undated photo. She played the surbahar, often described as a bass sitar, and the relatively few people who heard her before she stopped performing early in her career were amazed by her mastery of it.

Annapurna Devi, a noted Indian musician and teacher whose decision to stop performing relatively early in her career made her something of an enigma, died on Oct. 13 in Mumbai. She was 91.

श्री अन्नपूर्णा चालीसा विडियो श्री अन्नपूर्णा चालीसा (Annapurna Chalisa) ।। दोहा ।। विश्वेश्वर-पदपदम की रज-निज शीश-लगाय। अन्नपूर्णे! तब सुयश बरनौं कवि-मतिलाय।। ।। चौपाई ।। नित्य आनंद करिणी माता, वर-अरु अभय भाव प्रख्याता। जय! सौंदर्य सिंधु जग-जननी, अखिल पाप हर भव-भय हरनी। श्वेत बदन पर श्वेत बसन पुनि, संतन तुव पदसेवत ऋषिमुनि। काशी पुराधीश्वरी माता, माहेश्वरी सकल जग-त्राता। वृषभारुढ़ नाम रुद्राणी,…

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Ravi Shankar and first wife,  Annapurna Devi, who was reportedly a far greater musician than Ravi. 

Naushad Ali

R.D. Burman & Kishore Kumar

A.R. Rahman

A lot has been made of The Beatles hybrid creations of Western pop and Indian music. Indian musicians and composers have excelled and expanded the boundaries of music cross pollination to far greater heights than The Beatles or any other Western artist. It is part of what makes Shankar such a great musician. Going back to the 1950s and Hindi film composer, Naushad Ali; 60 & 70s - R.D. Burman, and 90s to the present -  A.R. Rahman.