Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Just released.... Hindustani Music Today

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Author: Deepak S. Raja Foreword: Pandit Arvind Parikh Publisher: DK Printworld, New Delhi 2011 Paperback: Rs.320.00/ US$ 16.00 Hard-cove...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and the Santoor

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In post-independence India, the Santoor has had the most meteoric rise on the classical music platform. In less than twenty-five years, it ...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Ustad Ameer Khan (1912-1974)

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Ustad Ameer Khan was easily the single most influential Hindustani vocalist of the 20th century. His music deeply influenced his contempora...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Raga Gaud Malhar

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Gaud Malhar is an immensely popular compound raga, derived from Gaud, a minor raga most frequently added as a subordinate melodic flavour t...

Kishori Amonkar : the queen of romanticism

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Kishori Amonkar (born: 1931) is by far the most influential female Hindustani vocalist to emerge in independent India.  She is the daughter...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Raga Bhatiyar

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Raga Bhatiyar, also known as Bhatiyari (not to be confused with Bhatiyali, the folk genre of Bengal), is a popular raga prescribed for perf...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Raga Lalita-Sohini: The Bahadur Khan interpretation

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Lalita-Sohini is a recent (early 20th century) raga reportedly created by Agra gharana vocalists. I have heard it only on a recording of th...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Raga Multani: wilting under the afternoon sun

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Multani is amongst the popular afternoon ragas in the Hindustani system. It is classified under the Todi parent scale. The raga is prescrib...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (1897-1967)

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P andit Omkarnath Thakur, regal in appearance and bearing, dressed in flowing silken robes, and sporting a leonine mane of shoulder-length ...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Raga Bahar

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This essay is now published in my fourth book: Removing it from here was considered proper, though not contractually obligatory, i...