Demands made on the voice by theRomanticoperatic composers transformed the principles of the style, largely because the human voice would have been submerged by the vast orchestral resources drawn upon by these composers. Especially in the later music dramas of Wagner, sheer weight of orchestral sou...
Each of these composers wrote a suite in honor of one of her daughters: Fauré, the "Dolly Suite" (for piano four hands) for her daughter Hélène, known as Dolly; and Debussy, the "Children's Corner" suite (for piano solo) for her (and his) daughter Claude-Emma, known as Chou-...
Initially, as I remember,Boliyanused to be sung by women and some of them would break out in giddha, becoming much more energetic during the interludes. Here, these are performed in the form of bhangra (the name of the movie) with one boli by female and an answering one by him and vi...
That’s the effect of love on something as simple and routine as journeying in this world. I have taken this romantic duet from the1963 movie Hamrahithat starredRajendra KumarandJamuna. The composers areShankar Jaikishenand the lyricist isHasrat Jaipuri.Mohammad RafiandMubarak Begumhave sung this...
admirers on a successful 1966 release,Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, which was seldom if ever out of print during the next four decades. Jobim sang, played piano, and occasionally strummed a guitar on these recordings, often backed by a small orchestra....
Himanshu Rai died in 1940 and she took up reins of Bombay Talkies and made some very successful films. At the peak of her career in 1945 she chose to retire and marry and settle down withRussian Painter Svetsolav Roerich. They lived together in Manali where several of his paintings are ...