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Vocal Gharana
In Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), a ''gharānā'' is a system of social organisation in the Indian subcontinent, linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and more importantly by adherence to a particular musical style. The word gharana comes from the Hindi word 'ghar' which means 'house'. It typically refers to the place where the musical ideology originated; for example, some of the gharanas well known for singing khyals are: Gwalior, Delhi, Agra, Indore, Kashmiri, Atrauli-Jaipur, Kirana and Patiala. Four famous kathak gharanas are: Lucknow, Atrauli-Jaipur, Benares and Raigarh. Vocal gharanas Khyal gharanas The gharana system in khyal was rooted in the ''guru–shishya tradition'' and was similar to the Dhrupad ''Bani'' system. The gharana system was greatly influenced by the gradual fall of the Mughal Empire, which forced musicians to move from Delhi to princely states such as Gwalior, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Patiala and Rampur. The gharan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustani Music
Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' literally means classical music, and is also used to refer to Indian classical music in general. It is played on instruments like the veena, sitar and sarod. It diverged in the 12th century Common Era, CE from Carnatic music, the classical tradition of Southern India. While Carnatic music largely uses compositions written in Sanskrit, Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindustani music largely uses compositions written in Hindi, Urdu, Braj Bhasha, Braj, Awadhi language, Avadhi, Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri, Bengali language, Bengali, Rajasthani languages, Rajasthani, Marathi language, Marathi and Punjabi language, Punjabi. Knowledge of Hindustani classical music is taught through a network of classical musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazrat Amir Khusrau
Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253 – 1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau, sometimes spelled as, Amir Khusrow or Amir Khusro, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar, who lived during the period of the Delhi Sultanate. He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi and Punjabi. A vocabulary in verse, the ''Ḳhāliq Bārī'', containing Arabic, Persian and Hindavi terms is often attributed to him. Khusrau is sometimes referred to as the "voice of India" or "Parrot of India" (''Tuti-e-Hind''). Khusrau is regarded as the "father of qawwali" (a devotional form of singing of the Sufis in the Indian subcontinent), and introduced the ghazal style of song into India, both of which still exist widely in India and Pakistan. Khusrau was an expert in many styles of Persian poetry which were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malini Rajurkar
Malini Rajurkar (8 January 1941 – 6 September 2023) was an Indian Hindustani classical singer of Gwalior Gharana. Early life Malini Rajurkar grew up in the state of Rajasthan in India. For three years she taught mathematics at the Savitri Girls’ High School & College, Ajmer, where she had graduated in the same subject. Taking advantage of a three-year scholarship that came her way, she finished her Sangeet Nipun from the Ajmer Music College, studying music under the guidance of Govindrao Rajurkar and his nephew, who was to become her future husband, Vasantrao Rajurkar. Performing career Malini performed in major music festivals in India for nearly fifty years, including ''Gunidas Sammelan'' (Mumbai), '' Tansen Samaroh'' (Gwalior), ''Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival'' (Pune), and ''Shankar Lal Festival'' (Delhi). Malini is noted especially for her command over the Tappa, her Khyal renditions and the Tarana genre. She also sung lighter music. Her renditions of Marathi ''na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunanda Patnaik
Sunanda Patnaik (7 November 1934 – 19 January 2020) was an Indian Indian classical music, classical singer of Gwalior gharana from Odisha. Popularly known as "guruma", she was considered one of the grande dames of Hindustani music. She was the daughter of Odia language, Odia poet Baikunthanath Patnaik. She started singing at All India Radio in Cuttack in 1948 at the age of 14. The then Odisha Governor Asaf Ali once heard her on Radio and was very impressed with her singing and she became a regular fixture at the Raj Bhavan whenever the Governor had guests. Once, President Rajendra Prasad heard her at Puri. He was very impressed with her singing and arranged her training under Pandit Vinayak Rao Pattavardhan at Pune with a scholarship. She was awarded the degree of Masters in Music by Pune School in 1956. She performed at All India Sadrang Sageet Sammelan in Calcutta in September 1957 where she received 13 gold coins. Since then she did many concerts in India and was known inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balasaheb Poonchwale
Balasaheb Poonchwale (1918–2005) was a Hindustani classical vocalist and leading figure of the Gwalior gharana. The son and disciple of Raja Bhaiya Poonchwale, he also learned from celebrated musicologists Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande and S. N. Ratanjankar. Regarded for his role as a music educator, Poonchwale's disciples include Raja Kale, Biswajeet Roy Chowdhury, Prof. Dr. P.L. Gohadkar, Prof. Dr. Jayant Khot, Prof. Dr. Ranjana Tonpay and Shashwati Mandal Shashwati Mandal (b. 1971) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist. She is an exponent of the Gwalior gharana. Early life and training Shashwati was born in Gwalior in a family of musicians. Her maternal grandfather Pt. Balabhau Umdekar 'Kundal .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Poonchwale, Balasaheb 1918 births 2005 deaths Hindustani singers People from Gwalior Indian music educators 20th-century Indian male classical singers Bhajan singers 20th-century Indian educators Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Ak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Bhaiya Poonchwale
Raja Bhaiya Poochwale (1882–1956) was an Indian musician from Poonch Gharana. Raja Bhaiya Poochwale also considered from Gwalior Gharana. Raja Bhaiya was born on 12 August 1882 in Gwalior State of the Central India Agency. His birth name was Rao Radhalkishan Anand. His ancestors were Jagirdars of Elichpur in the district of Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh). He was famous for Taan-Malika, Sangeetopasna, Thumari, and Tarangini Dhrupad Dhamar-Gayan. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ... in 1956, and died in 1956. References {{reflist People from Poonch District, India Pahari Pothwari people 20th-century Khyal singers 1882 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Indian male singers 20th-century Indian singers Recipients of the Sang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1928, in Amritsar – 3 February 2015) was a Pakistani classical music singer of the Gwalior Gharana from the Hindustani classical music genre. Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan was the recipient of numerous awards including the Pride of Performance (1988) and Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2000) (Star of Excellence) from the Government of Pakistan. Personal life and early years His father's name was Bhai Lal Mohammad (died 1962), who belonged to the Gwalior-Kapurthala Gharana. Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, along with his father and family, moved to Pakistan in 1947 and settled in Lahore. Ghulam Hassan Shaggan lived in Iqbal Town, Lahore with his sons Qadir Shaggan (vocalist and music director) and Mazhar Shaggan ( rabab and mandolin player). Career Ghulam Hassan Shaggan's father Bhai Lal Mohammad was appointed music supervisor at Radio Pakistan. His son, Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, had opportunities to perform at the radio station. Over a period of 12 years, as Shaggan gained recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omkarnath Thakur
Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 – 29 December 1967), was an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer. A disciple of classical singer Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior gharana and the founder of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal he became the principal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Lahore, and later went on become the first dean of the music faculty at Banaras Hindu University.He also wrote book "sangeetanjli" vol 1 to 6 Early life and training Thakur was born in 1897 in a village called Jahaj in the Princely State of Baroda (15 km from Khambhat in present-day Anand District, Gujarat, into a poor military family. His grandfather Mahashankar Thakur had fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 for Nanasaheb Peshwa. His father Gaurishankar Thakur was also in the military, employed by Maharani Jamnabai of Baroda, where he commanded 200 cavalrymen. Wade, p. 258 The family moved to Bharuch in 1900, though soon the family faced fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (18 August 1872 – 21 August 1931) was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, and founded the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya on 5 May 1901. He is also credited with arranging India's national song, Vande Mātaram, as it is heard today. His original surname was Gadgil, but as they hailed from the village Palus (near Sangli), they came to be known as the "Paluskar" family. Early life and background Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin Marathi family of Kurundwad, a small town falling under the Deccan division of Bombay Presidency during British rule, presently in Maharashtra. His father, Digambar Gopal Paluskar, was a singer of Kirtan. He went to a local school in Kurundwad for primary education. But tragedy struck Paluskar at an early age. During a Hindu festival called Datta Jayanti, a fire-cracker burst near his face damaging both his eyes. Being a small town, there was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathu Khan
Nathu Khan (1920 1971; sometimes spelled as Nathoo), was a Pakistani sarangi player known for introducing solo sarangi playing tradition with difficult phrases. He was associated with Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television Corporation. He was also associated with All India Radio before emigrating from India. He has the distinction of having playback singer Ahmed Rushdi as his informal disciple in classical music from 1944 to 1948. Biography Nathoo Khan was born in Amritsar, British India. His father Baba Balle was a tabla player. Nathoo Khan considered Ustad Ahmadi Khan, Ustad Allah Diya and Bhai Lal Muhammad as his mentors while he was training in music. Following the partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan where he became a staff artist at Radio Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan. His uncle Feroze Din was one of his sarangi teachers. He first appearance in a sarangi playing performance was at Kaliyar Sharif where he played Raag Shudh Sarang, a Hindustani classical music r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Ahmad Khan
Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan (25 November 1954 17 December 2020) was an Indian classical vocalist from Delhi Gharana. Biography Khan was born in 1954 into a family with a rich musical pedigree. Ustad Chand Khan (his 'Nana') and Ustad Jahan Khan (his 'Dada') were his grandfathers from the maternal and paternal sides, respectively. He was raised under the ''Delhi gharana'' of music. He began his musical performances at the age of four, guided by his grandfather and teacher, Ustad Chand Khan. He kept up the family traditions as an active promoter of Amir Khusro's musical works. He also composed music for popular serials and plays. In a career spanning over 50 years, Khan's performances have been noted for their versatility and his renditions have been described as "uniquely powerful and delicate". His renderings include the ''Thumri, Dadra, Tappa, Bhajan,'' and ''Ghazals. He was a top grade vocal artist with ''Akashvani'', All India Radio. He founded the Dilli Durbar, an organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamman Khan
Mamman Khan is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress, who was elected as a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly in 2019 from Ferozepur Jhirka (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) in the Nuh district of Haryana. He is a member of the All India Congress Committee and also served as former Working President of the District Congress Committee, Nuh. Early life Mamman Khan was born to Mohammed Hanif on 4 April 1967 in the village of Bhadas, Ferozepur Jhirka. He completed high school at a small school in his hometown before enrolling in Civil Engineering at Bengaluru University, Karnataka in 1994. Mamman Khan also worked for DLF, a commercial real estate development company, for a while before launching a hugely successful construction supply firm. Political career Mamman Khan contested the Ferozepur Jhirka Assembly elections independent in 2014 and was defeated by Naseem Ahmed by only 3,245 votes. Mamman Khan then won the Ferozepur Jhirka Assembly elections unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
