Ali Raj
Sounding Board
Sounding Board is an audio series about South Asian music, Islamic sound arts and the Urdu literary tradition. It features readings of essays by influential Urdu scholars, musicologists, poets and critics from the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring themes of identity, inheritance and imagination. The project is supported by Columbia University Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities and Humanities New York. Produced by Ali Raj
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Issues in Pakistani Music - Aminur Rahman 26.09.2025 19:48
Aminur Rahman was a Pakistani musicologist who wrote extensively on the historical and comparative aspects of North Indian musical traditions. Rahman's Urdu and English writings were published across leading literary journals and art magazines. The essay featured in this episode was composed in the 1950s, and published in 1961, under the title "Pākistānī musīqī ke masā'il." Rahman lays out the ter...
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