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August 15, 2007

Song of IndiaMusic

Via Shivam Vij, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Song of India.” The song is performed here by Ayane Iwanaga.

This version is a more musically sophisticated, “professional” performance, but it somehow feels a little colder, less sweet. There’s also the vocal version of the song, which was originally part of an opera, in Swedish here.

Happy independence day.

amardeep on August 15, 2007 07:23 AM in Music · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



10 comments

 1 · UberMetroMallu on August 15, 2007 09:07 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I wish a Happy Independence Day to the country of my son's father.


 2 · Indian on August 15, 2007 10:30 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Happy Independence Day.


 3 · Puliogre in da USA on August 15, 2007 10:34 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

happy independence day to all the indian peeps out there...


 4 · Amrita on August 15, 2007 10:38 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Happy Independence Day!

Thanks, Amardeep! I have an American friend who grew up in Madras and Delhi. Her parents were at Harvard and Radcliffe when her father proposed to her mother by playing Song of India to her over the phone, and they spent most of their lives in Desh.


 5 · Puliogre in da USA on August 15, 2007 10:42 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
Thanks, Amardeep! I have an American friend who grew up in Madras and Delhi. Her parents were at Harvard and Radcliffe when her father proposed to her mother by playing Song of India to her over the phone, and they spent most of their lives in Desh.

cute story...


 6 · Whose God is it anyways? on August 15, 2007 10:54 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Happy Independence Day to all Indians!


 7 · Pravin on August 15, 2007 11:08 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

It's no CHOCOLATE RAINNNNNN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA


 8 · bess on August 15, 2007 01:02 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Thanks for posting this music. It's so full of sweet melancholy.
That last link is of a well-loved Swedish tenor singing in French The Song of India from the opera Sadko. It's by the same composer who wrote Scheherezade.
In this part of the story, a newly rich Sadko asks three strangers what lands to seek and so a Hindu sings of India:
"And still the snowy Himalayas rise
In ancient majesty before our eyes,
Beyond the plains, above the pines,
While through the ever, never changing land
As silently as any native band
That moves at night, the Ganges Shines...
Then I hear the song that only India can sing,
Softer than the plumage on a black raven's wing;
High upon a minaret I stand
Upon an old enchanted land,
There's the Maharajah's caravan,
Unfolding like a painted fan,
How small the little race of Man!"
Happy Independence Day!


 9 · Anu on August 15, 2007 02:37 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Happy independence Day


 10 · Vamsi on August 16, 2007 01:55 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Totally lame tribute to 60th Independence day, Amardeep. Sorry, very disappointed.

PS: Sepiamutiny banned for one week :) .. seriously


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