JOEP BORTHE RAGA GUIDE A SURVEY OF 74 HINDUSTANI RAGAS Joep Bor, editor, author Suvarnalata Rao, Wim van der Meer, Jane Harvey co-authors Henri Tournier, music transcriptions Lalita du Perron, song text translations Robin Broadbank, recordings Hariprasad Chaurasia, flute Buddhadev DasGupta, sarod Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar, vocal Vidyadhar Vyas, vocal Nimbus Records with Rotterdam Conservatory of MusicThe Raga Guide is dedicated to the great scholar-musician ip Chandra Vedi (1901-1992) who guided us during the early stages of this project Tabla accompaniment: Sandip Bhattacharya for Vidyadhar Vyas Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty for Buddhadev DasGupta Ted de Jong for Hariprasad Chaurasia on ragas Asavari, Jogiya and Kafi Madhukar Kothare for Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar Shib Shankar Ray for Hariprasad Chaurasia Sarangi accompaniment: Anant Krishnaji Kunte for Shruti Sadolikar- Katkar First published in1999 by Nimbus Communications International Limited. This Imprint published in 2002 by Wyastone Estate Limited, ‘Monmouth, NP25 3SR ISBN 0-9543976-0-6 ISMN M-9002074-0-1 Produced by Robin Broadbank, Nimbus Records and Joep Bor, Rotterdam Conservatory of Music Design and layout by Alex Halliday Recorded 1991, 1992 & 1994 in England and 1995 & 1996 in the Netherlands Mastered and manufactured in the UK Printed in the UK by Zenith Media (UK) Limited © 1999 Joep Bor. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers, Wyastone Estate Limited.