page_title: Alice Coomaraswamy
hierarchical_section_title: Alice Coomaraswamy
caption_attribution_description: English: Ratan Devi singer (aka Alice Coomaraswamy) on March 17, 1917 in Manhattan - crop
context_page_description: Ratan Devi Coomaraswamy 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Ratan Devi with a tanpura in 1917 in Manhattan
exif: {}