Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP1247/2 / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2
Title:: Debdas Baul Collection
Scope & Content:: A collection of notebooks containing Baul song lyrics collected and transcribed by Debdas Baul and his youngest son Uttam Das Baul. Debdas travelled across Bengal and Assam and transcribed the songs after attending Baul performances during travels. These notebooks also have instances of orally t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:: 1970-2000
Extent:: 736 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2/1
Title:: Handwritten transcription of songs after attending Baul performances
Scope & Content:: Notebook contains Baul song lyrics which were transcribed by Debdas Baul after listening to Baul performances in the sacred centres and events of Baul sadhana such as Kamakhya temple (Assam), Ramkeli mela (Malda) and Sonamukhi mela (Bankura). This is a comprehensively documented notebook. Most o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:: 1970-1980
Extent:: 182 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2/2
Title:: Handwritten transcription of songs from various sources
Scope & Content:: In this notebook of songs, Debdas Baul’s youngest son Uttam Das Baul has written down songs as dictated by Debdas. Some songs were taken from the late Tarak Das Baul, while some songs were taken from Uttam Das’ Guru Gosain, whose akhra is at Kopai, Birbhum Some songs written towards the end of t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 2014?
Extent:: 138 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2/3
Title:: Handwritten transcription of songs from various sources
Scope & Content:: A diary used as a notebook. It contains Baul song lyrics and other popular folk songs. Uttam Das Baul, the youngest son of Debdas Baul transcribed the lyrics collected from various sources. This is a comprehensively documented notebook. Most of the songs have attributions and mention of time and...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 2014?
Extent:: 102 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2/4
Title:: Handwritten transcription of songs from various sources
Scope & Content:: A diary used as a notebook. It contains Baul song lyrics and other popular folk songs. Uttam Das Baul, the youngest son of Debdas Baul transcribed the lyrics collected from various sources. This is a comprehensively documented notebook. Notebook also contains contact details of researchers, musi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 2007 -2010
Extent:: 304 TIFF images

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