A Kashmiri courtesan, an English harpsichordist, and the ethics (and exchange) of empire. This brilliant podcast (with accompanying illustrations) pieces together a 200-year-old musical puzzle.
When an Englishwoman visited Mughal courts and transcribed their music in Western-style notation
Sophia Plowden spent a great deal of her time collecting and performing the Persian and Hindustani songs of nautch performers at the Lucknow court.
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