Alice Coomaraswamy

Ratan Coomaraswamy
Ratan Devi with a tanpura in 1917 in Manhattan
Born
Alice Ethel Richardson

October 1889 (October 1889)
DiedJuly 15, 1958(1958-07-15) (aged 68)
NationalityBritish
Other namesRatan Devi
OccupationMusician
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]

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