Shri S. Krishnaswami
Collection
This Collection is a rare compilation of
reprographs on the music instruments of India consisting of over 550 photographs, 1300
black-and-white negatives, 780 slides and 60 sketches. The material
illustrates not only the musical instruments that are played in the classical, folk and
tribal genres of music in present times, but also archaeological representations in
sculptures, of musical instruments of the past. The Collection, compiled over a
period of forty years also comprises research notes of Shri Krishnaswami and about 30
hours of music on audio tapes.
V. A. K. Ranga Rao Collection
The 78 rpm music discs of India present rare
artistes of the early part of the century, both in the classical and popular music
genres. Shri Ranga Rao has in his Collection 25,000 music discs, the earliest of
which was released in 1903. The records cover not only the genres of classical
music, but also those of drama sets, stage music, non-film light music and film music in
all the languages of India.
Shri S. Natarajan Collection
Shri Natarajan has recorded over 740 Carnatic Music
concerts from 1955 onwards. The Collection of over 2000 hours of music represents
the live performances of every major Carnatic music artists from the early part of the
century upto the present times.
