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Mother Tongue

Mother Tongue

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'Mother Tongue' is Indian-American composer and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's musical attempt to dispel the mistaken notion that India, with its multiple tures, religions and hundreds of spoken languages and dialects, is one homogenous ture.
In response to having been repeatedly asked: "Do you speak Indian?" or "Do you speak Hindu?" Rudresh has created compositions that are directly based on melodic transcriptions of various Indian-Americans' indignant responses in their native Indian tongues to these questions. Rudresh, Vijay Iyer (piano), Francois Moutin (bass), and Elliot Humberto Kavee (drums), interpret and reconfigure seven languages of India through their own musical language. The astounding results make up the core of this CD.
Product details
Release Date:
2013-03-15
Number of Discs:
1
Publication Date:
2004-10-18
Publisher:
Pi Recordi (Harmonia Mundi)
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
6308836257
Weight:
73 g
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