The music of Hindustan / by Walter Kaufmann. [1946-1953]

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The music of Hindustan / by Walter Kaufmann. [1946-1953]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45241712

1 v. in 5 : music ; 37 cm.

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Kaufmann, Walter, 1907-1984

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A native of Bohemia, Kaufmann was a composer and conductor. After traveling to Bombay in 1934 to study Indian music, he was forced to remain there indefinitely due to the threat of the Nazis and their occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939. In India he composed music for films; directed a chamber music society; and from 1937 to 1946 was the director of musical programs for All India Radio, Bombay. He later wrote on Indian music, which also influenced his own compositions. In 1946 he went to Englan...