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Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959

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Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959

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Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959
Collection

Music Division Iconography Collection

Names

Henry Cowell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1959
Place: New York (N.Y.)
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Music Division
Shelf locator: M-Icon (Cowell, Henry Dixon)
Topics
Musicians
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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Musical instruments -- India
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Portraits
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Type of Resource
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NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22391980
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1cbbfbb0-c6ca-012f-5495-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1959: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1959. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2c5767-51eb-f6f5-e040-e00a18063932

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2c5767-51eb-f6f5-e040-e00a18063932

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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1959). Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959 Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2c5767-51eb-f6f5-e040-e00a18063932

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Henry Cowell trying out one of the five tablas for the tablatarang (= circle of tuned drums) presented to him for his Symphony No. 13 (Madras) by the Music Academy of Madras, India. NYC, 1959