Archive of North Indian Classical Music, Jadavpur University
- URL:
- sites.google.com
- Primary subject:
- Classical
- Secondary subject(s):
- Northern India, Hindustani Music
- Description:
- The Archive of North Indian Classical Music (ANICM) was set up at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, in early 2004 by Prof. Amlan Das Gupta. The work has been funded by two successive Major Project Grants from the Endangered Archives Programme of the British Library along with funding under the Documentation of Rare Texts Programme instituted by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Over the last 15 years, the archive has grown substantially, and at present contains about 8,000 plus hours of recorded music in digital form as well as a substantial corpus of music on loan, awaiting digitization. The archive houses music recorded commercially as well as covers and private recordings more than a hundred years old. It is thus one of the largest repositories of Hindustani classical music in the country, especially rich in the genres of traditional music available across a large variety of carriers—from wax-cylinders, 78 rpm records to reel-to-reel magnetic spool tapes etc.
- Online Access:
- Catalogue only
- Physical Location:
- Kolkata, India
- Primary Language:
- EN
- Last Checked:
- October, 2023
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