Music

Maihar Gharana (Sitar) The Maihar gharana for Sitar Music originated by one of India’s greatest music maestros Ustad Allauddin Khan of revered memory. Though basically a Sarodia himself, the great master was a unique combina­tion of a…

Sitar Musical Instrument The emergence and rise of Sitar as one of finest instru­mental expressions of Classical Raga music, its nuances and rhythmic development constitute a really fascinating story. No particular person, not even Amir…

Bishnupur Gharana The other Sitar gharana in Bengal is a branch of the famous Vishnupur gharana of Dhrupad singers. Shi Gopeshwar Banerji apart from Dhrupad singing was also a Sitar player. The more famous players were Surendranath Banerji…

The role of the Audience of Classical Music or the Classical Music Listeners  is immense.  No system of classical music has entirely lived or developed on the efforts of the artists and performers alone or on the strength of tradition and…

The question that has now arisen is how do we entertain crowds without lowering the higher standard of Authentic Indian music? It is difficult to say what the shape of things will be or how the artists will meet the situations. This…

Vocal Music and Instrumental Music From the dawn of civilization and from the very beginning of time, Vocal and Instrumental Music have been an integral and inseparable part of civilized human life. Basically, music whether in vocal form or…

“Indian Classical Instrumental Music” except for its deep musical appeal has no language of its own and no lyrical or poetic exterior. Such however is its sound effect and soothing melodic attraction that even those who have had no…

7 Qualities should look in a Music Critic The basic question, therefore, must be the norms or standards of reporting of music. We have to identify the qualities of good music reporting and build up musical opinion in support of such…

The phrase “consumption traditional classical music” by different interests has a very wide connotation because we do not mean only the listening public of classical but to a very large number of groups who either directly or indirectly…

Gwalior gharana of Indian classical music is easily the doyen amongst Khayal gharanas. The master figure Gwalior gharana was Ghulam Rasul of Lucknow. Then came Nathan Pirbux who migrated from Lucknow to Gwalior and his illustrious…