Why People are Scared of Classical Music

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Sounding Board

Ali Raj

13 episodes

21 hours ago

Sounding Board is an audio series about South Asian music, Islamic sound arts and the Urdu literary tradition. It features readings of essays by influential Urdu scholars, musicologists, poets and critics from the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring themes of identity, inheritance and imagination. The project is supported by Columbia University Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities and Humanities New York. Produced by Ali Raj

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Why People are Scared of Classical Music - Nargis Khanum (Eng.)

Sounding Board

8 minutes 18 seconds

2 weeks ago

Why People are Scared of Classical Music - Nargis Khanum (Eng.)

Nargis Khanum (1943-2017) was a pioneering arts and culture journalist. Born in Pune, she joined the daily Dawn as a staff reporter in 1966 and led a career that spanned over 50 years. In this essay, written for the the Morning News in 1977, Khanum explains why the layperson finds it hard to appreciate classical music. She traces the art form’s roots to folk traditions and outlines ways in which a novice listener can cultivate a taste for the music's timeless beauty.

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