Pandit Ravi Shankar : the man and his music / F Productions ; produced by Anne Schelcher, Pascal Bensoussan ; written by François Auboux, Nicolas Klotz ; directed by Nicolas Klotz.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Klotz, Nicolas, director, screenwriter.

Auboux, François, screenwriter.

Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012, composer, performer.

Schelcher, Anne, producer.

Bensoussan, Pascal, producer.

Films for the Humanities (Firm), distributor.

F Productions, producer.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012.

Shankar, Ravi.

Musicians--India--Biography.

Musicians.

Sitar players.

India.

Sitar players--India--Biography.

Sitar and tabla music.

Raga.

Music--India.

Music.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Other Title:

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar, the man and his music.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, [1994]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

This portrait of Ravi Shankar shows us the totality of Shankar's art, the inner peace from which the fiery dexterity emerges, the philosophy that underlies the shape of raga ; and the characteristics of the sitar, tabla, santur, sarod, and sarangi. We see and hear him play and talk : in Europe and America, with Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Jean-Pierre Rampal and George Harrison, and at home in India, with his students and his wife.

Participant:

Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Jean-Pierre Rampal, George Harrison, et al.

Credits:

Credits: Editor, Georges Klotz, director of photography, Emmanuel Machuel ; cameraman, Luc Pages

Notes:

Biographical documentary.

Title on cassette label: Ravi Shankar: the man and his music.

Originally produced and copyrighted in 1986.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

30718239