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Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012

LC control no.n 50001487
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LC classificationML419.S49 Biography
Personal name headingShankar, Ravi, 1920-2012
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Variant(s)Ravi Shankar, 1920-2012
Ravishankar, Pandit, 1920-2012
Chowdhury, Robindro Shaunkor, 1920-2012
Shaunkor, Robindro, 1920-2012
LocatedEncinitas, Calif.
Birth date1920-04-07
Death date2012-12-11
Place of birthVārānasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Place of deathLa Jolla, San Diego, Calif.
Profession or occupationSitar player Composer
Found inRavi Shankar, India's master musician. [Phonodisc] 1958.
Baker, 8th ed. (Shankar, Ravi; b. April 7, 1920, Benares; Indian sitarist and composer)
New offerings from Ravishankar [SR] p1984: label (Pt. Ravishankar, participant in sitar ensemble)
Washington Post, Dec. 12, 2012 obit. (Ravi Shankar, grammy-winning Indian sitar virtuoso, dies at 92 [Dec. 11, 2012]; Shankar introduced western audiences to traditional Indian music in the 1960s and was the father of the jazz-pop musician Norah Jones. He died at a hospital near his home in Encinitas, Calif.)
Wikipedia, viewed via WWW on Dec. 12, 2012 (Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury; b. 7 April 1920 in Varanasi; d. 11 December 2012, San Diego, California, US; often referred to by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician and composer who played the plucked-string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician; father of Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones)