Source: The Indian Express | Meenakshi Iyer
Fri Oct 11 2013, 01:40 hrs
On his maiden trip to India in 1934, Walter Kaufmann, then 27, arrived with a return ticket in hand. The German musician had clearly not anticipated that he would end up spending 12 years in the country during which he would compose one of the most iconic tunes that rules Indian airwaves to date — All India Radio's (AIR) signature jingle.
"Very little was known about the composer of the tune which airs on Akashvani every morning," says Amrit Gangar, film historian and curator. He spent days at the William and Gayle Cook Music library at the Indiana University researching on Kaufmann's connection with Indian cinema. Only after establishing definite links, Gangar started work on The Music That Still Rings At Dawn, Every Dawn, a new book being launched as part of a series commissioned by......................
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/up-in-the-air/1181124/
Fri Oct 11 2013, 01:40 hrs
On his maiden trip to India in 1934, Walter Kaufmann, then 27, arrived with a return ticket in hand. The German musician had clearly not anticipated that he would end up spending 12 years in the country during which he would compose one of the most iconic tunes that rules Indian airwaves to date — All India Radio's (AIR) signature jingle.
"Very little was known about the composer of the tune which airs on Akashvani every morning," says Amrit Gangar, film historian and curator. He spent days at the William and Gayle Cook Music library at the Indiana University researching on Kaufmann's connection with Indian cinema. Only after establishing definite links, Gangar started work on The Music That Still Rings At Dawn, Every Dawn, a new book being launched as part of a series commissioned by......................
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/up-in-the-air/1181124/
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