Ratan Coomaraswamy | |
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 Ratan Devi with a tanpura in 1917 in Manhattan | |
| Born | Alice Ethel Richardson October 1889 |
| Died | July 15, 1958 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Ratan Devi |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Spouse(s) | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Francis Bitter |
Ratan Devi Coomaraswamy (born Alice Ethel Richardson; 1889 – July 15, 1958) worked under the stage name of Ratan Devī. She recorded Indian music and was a performer of Hindu songs and poems, and went on concert tours in Britain and America. Martin Clayton identifies Alice as one of the significant women overlooked with regard to music in the British Empire.[1]