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Name: Tabla (Cowell)

Geographic Region: South Asia

Country of origin: India

Classification: Membranophone

Material:

• Wood
• Skin (goat)
• Leather

SvH No.: 211.23

Related Instruments:

• Tabla

Author: Eric Charry
           

Related Web Sites:

• Henry Cowell links

A set of five tablas belonging to American Composer Henry Cowell (1897-1965), who was in India studying at the Music Academy in Madras (present-day Chennai) in 1956-57 on a Rockefeller grant. His Symphony No. 13, Madras, utilizing the tabla, was composed in 1956-58.

Acquired by the generous donation of Martha Hinrichsen, CEO/President of C. F. Peters Corporation, Cowell's publisher.

Last Modified: 05-May-2005