# Geeta Sarabhai

> Geeta Sarabhai Mayor was an Indian musician, well known for her patronage in music. She was among the first women to play the pakhavaj, a traditional barrel-shaped, two-headed drum. She promoted exchanges between Indian and Western music, particularly for bringing Ahmedabad to New York City. During a study stay in New York, she taught Indian music and philosophy to the experimental composer John Cage, in exchange for a course on the theory of Western music. The course included the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg. In 1949, Geeta Sarabhai founded the Sangeet Kendra in Ahmedabad, whose mission is to document and promote classical and popular Indian musical traditions. Gita was a part-time faculty of music at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

*Indian musician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1922
- **Died:** 2011-03-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [گیتا سارابھائی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C)
- [جيتا سارابهاى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%89)
- [Gita Sarabhai](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Sarabhai)
- [Gita Sarabhai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Sarabhai)
- [Gita Sarabhai](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Sarabhai)
- [ਗੀਤਾ ਸਾਰਾਭਾਈ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88)
- [ᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱥᱚᱨᱚᱵᱟᱭ](https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD)
- [கீதா சாராபாய்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D)
- [గీతా సారాభాయ్](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16467670)

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