Mushtaq Ali Khan । Indian classical sitar, surbahar player

22/12/2022

Mushtaq Ali Khan and was an Indian classical sitar, surbahar (and pakhawaj) player. Mushtaq Ali Khan । Indian classical sitar, surbahar player Training and lineage Mushtaq Ali Khan was born in 20 June 1911. Khan learnt music from his father, Ashiq Ali Khan, who had learned sitar from the 19th century player Barkatullah […]

Munawar Ali Khan । Indian classical and light classical vocalist

22/12/2022

Munawar Ali Khan was an Indian classical and light classical vocalist of Kasur Patiala Gharana. He was the younger son of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Munawar Ali Khan । Indian classical and light classical vocalist Early life and career Munawar Ali was born in 1930 in Lahore, British India. He was taught by his father […]

The Musical Imagination of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

11/11/2022

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was one of the most versatile intellectuals of modern India—a political leader, Islamic scholar, philosopher, polyglot, and literary craftsman. Beyond his public identity as a freedom fighter and educationist, Azad possessed an extraordinary aesthetic sensibility in which music occupied a special and intimate place. His […]

Remembering Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Classical Musician and Musicologist on his 91st Death Anniversary (21 August 1931)

21/08/2022

Remembering Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Classical Musician and Musicologist on his 91st Death Anniversary (21 August 1931): 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 in 1901. Remembering Pandit Vishnu Digambar […]

Tritone | Understanding Western Music Theory

01/07/2022

In Western music theory, the tritone stands as one of the most structurally significant and historically provocative intervals. Defined strictly by its acoustic distance, a tritone spans three adjacent whole tones (or six semitones), dividing the twelve-tone equal temperament (12-TET) octave into two equal halves of 600 cents each. Because of its unique position directly […]

Mallikarjun Mansur । Kheyal Singer । Vocalist । Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana । North Indian Classical Music

31/05/2022

Mallikarjun Mansur was a renowned Indian classical vocalist hailing from Karnataka, distinguished for his exceptional command of the khayal style within the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana (school of music). A luminary of Indian classical tradition, he was the recipient of three of India’s highest civilian honours — the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan. Mallikarjun Mansur […]

Raga Yaman – The Luminous Jewel of Hindustani Classical Music

01/11/2021

Raga Yaman (also known as Iman, Aiman, Eman, or Kalyaan) is a foundational and sublime heptatonic (Sampurna) raga from the Kalyan Thaat in Hindustani classical music. Its Carnatic counterpart is known as Kalyani or Yamuna Kalyani. Yaman is often the first raga taught to beginners, yet it possesses an immense scope for depth, improvisation, and […]

Pandit Pannalal Ghosh: The Pioneer of the Concert Bansuri

01/04/2020

Pandit Pannalal Ghosh (1911–1960) was a visionary flautist who revolutionized Hindustani classical music by elevating the bansuri (bamboo flute) from a folk and devotional instrument to a sophisticated medium for classical concert performance. His contributions have left an indelible mark on Indian music, and he is widely regarded as the father of the modern classical […]

Thaat in Hindustani Music | Concept | Hindustani Classical Music

01/01/2019

In Hindustani classical music, the concept of thaat serves as a foundational framework for classifying ragas. Introduced by musicologist Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande in the early 20th century, a thaat is a heptatonic (seven-note) scale that provides a structural basis for the melodic development of ragas . Understanding Thaat A thaat comprises seven notes (swaras) arranged […]

An Unquenchable Comet in the Musical Cosmos: A Centenary Tribute and Epic Life Story of Leonard Bernstein

25/08/2018

August 25, 1918. When the first cry of an infant resonated in a middle-class Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant family in the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, his parents affectionately named him ‘Louis’. Yet to his family, he was always known simply as ‘Lenny’. At sixteen, driven by his own desire, he officially changed his name to ‘Leonard’. That […]

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Mushtaq Ali Khan । Indian classical sitar, surbahar player

Munawar Ali Khan । Indian classical and light classical vocalist

The Musical Imagination of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Remembering Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Classical Musician and Musicologist on his 91st Death Anniversary (21 August 1931)

Tritone | Understanding Western Music Theory

Mallikarjun Mansur । Kheyal Singer । Vocalist । Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana । North Indian Classical Music

Raga Yaman – The Luminous Jewel of Hindustani Classical Music

Pandit Pannalal Ghosh: The Pioneer of the Concert Bansuri

Thaat in Hindustani Music | Concept | Hindustani Classical Music

An Unquenchable Comet in the Musical Cosmos: A Centenary Tribute and Epic Life Story of Leonard Bernstein

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