Tradition and Innovation in the Bānsurī Performance Style of Pannalal Ghosh

Pannalal Ghosh (1911–1960) is generally credited with the popularization of the bamboo flute (bānsurī) in modern Hindustani classical music. While the transverse flute already had a long history in the music of India, there does not seem to have been any extant tradition of Hindustani classical bāns...

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Main Author: Clements, Carl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Analytical Approaches to World Music 2011-12-01
Series:Analytical Approaches to World Music
Online Access:http://aawmjournal.com/articles/2011b/Clements_AAWM_Vol_1_2.pdf