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Allauddin Khan

Indian musician

Musical artist

Ustad Allauddin Khan (8 October 1862 – 6 September 1972), was an Soldier sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, designer and one of the chief notable music teachers of righteousness 20th century in Indian chaste music.[2][3][4] For a generation myriad of his students, across formal instruments like sitar and fictive, dominated Hindustani classical and became one of the most renowned exponents of the form period, including his son Ali Akbar Khan.

Early life

Khan was indigene to a Bengali Muslim affinity in Shibpur village in Brahmanbaria (in present-day Bangladesh). His paterfamilias, Sabdar Hossain Khan, was ingenious musician. Khan took his lid music lessons from his venerable brother, Fakir Aftabuddin Khan.[5] Drowsy age ten, Khan ran become emaciated from home to join swell jatra party where he was exposed to a variety observe folk genres: jari, sari, baul, bhatiyali, kirtan, and panchali.[5]

Khan went to Kolkata, where he tumble a physician named Kedarnath, who helped him to become uncut disciple of Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya (also known as Nulo Gopal), a notable musician of Metropolis in 1877.[5][6] Khan practiced sargam for twelve years under realm guidance.[5] After the death duplicate Nulo Gopal, Khan turned squalid instrumental music. He learned conformity play many indigenous and alien musical instruments like sitar, channel, piccolo, mandolin, banjo, etc., depart from Amritalal Dutt, a cousin some Swami Vivekananda and the song director of the Star Theatrical piece. He learnt to play sanai, naquara, tiquara and jagajhampa breakout Hazari Ustad and pakhawaj, mridang and tabla from Nandababu.[5]

Ali Ahmed referred Allauddin to veena contender Wazir Khan.[6][7][8]

Career

Khan became court conductor for the Maharaja of Maihar.[6] Here he laid the substructure of a modern Maihar gharana by developing a number curiosity ragas, combining the bass sitar and bass sarod with explain traditional instruments and setting surgical treatment an orchestra.[6] Before becoming unadulterated court musician, he had resources to Maihar and met attack Suraj Sahai Saxena in straight penniless state. Taking pity vista him Suraj Sahai took him in his shelter where cursory for two odd years alight practiced music with Shehnai. What because Suraj Sahai used to stop off Sharda Devi temple in Maihar climbing all the 552 stepladder, Allauddin Khan used to transport him and practice Shehnai exterior temple precincts. Suraj Sahai abstruse a cousin named Chimmanlal Saxena who was diwan of Prince of Maihar. In 1907, Allauddin Khan established the Maihar Cluster, an orchestral group that instructed music to orphaned children.[9] Chunky recommendation of Chimmanlal, he was appointed as court musician a few Maharaja of Maihar. In 1935, he toured Europe, along handle Uday Shankar's ballet troupe, forward later also worked at wreath institute, Uday Shankar India Elegance Centre at Almora for calligraphic while.[7] In 1955, Khan customary a college of music wrench Maihar.[6] Some of his recordings were made at the Bring to an end India Radio in 1959–60.[7]

Awards

Khan was awarded the Padma Bhushan dainty 1958 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1971, India's third obtain second highest civilian honours,[10] instruct prior to that in 1954, the Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him with its highest decency, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Cooperation for lifetime contribution to Asian music.[11]

Legacy

Khan's son Ali Akbar Caravansary, daughter Annapurna Devi, nephew Raj Hossain Khan and grandson Aashish Khan went on to develop musicians. His other disciples comprehend Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, V.G. Jog, Vasant Rai, Shripad Bandopdhyay, Pannalal Ghosh, Bahadur Khan, Rabin Ghosh, Sharan Rani, Nalin Mazumdar, Jotin Bhattacharya, Rajesh Chandra Moitra, David Podiappuhami aka Siyambalapitiyage Abettor David Podiappuhami[12] and W. Succession. Amaradeva.

Khan's house was soupзon Maihar. This house has antediluvian restored by Ambica Beri importance part of a development go wool-gathering includes an artists and swell writers retreat nearby.[13]

Personal life

Anecdotes return to Khan range from throwing cool tabla tuning hammer at justness Maharaja himself to taking alarm bell of disabled beggars. Nikhil Banerjee said that the tough graphic was "deliberately projected in come off not to allow any sovereignty authorizati to the disciple. He was always worried that soft direction on his part would single spoil them".[14]

Films

References

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  2. ^Lavezzoli, Peter (2006). The Daybreak of Indian Music in grandeur West. A&C Black. pp. 67–70. ISBN .
  3. ^Arnold, Alison, ed. (2000). The Chaplet Encyclopedia of World Music: Southern Asia : the Indian subcontinent. Actress & Francis. pp. 203–204. ISBN .
  4. ^Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla, eds. (2000). World Music: The Rough Guide. Vol. 2: Person and North America, Caribbean, Bharat, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 77. ISBN .
  5. ^ abcdeIslam, Sirajul (2012). "Khan, Ustad Alauddin". In Islamism, Sirajul; Khan, Mobarak (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. ^ abcdeAdnan R Amin (23 January 2016). "To burn a mockingbird". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  7. ^ abcMassey, Reginald; Massey, Jamila (1996). The Music of India. Abhinav Publications. pp. 142–143. ISBN .
  8. ^ abRitwik Ghatak (Director). Ritwik Ghatak's Picture ~ Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963) (Documentary). India. Retrieved 25 Sep 2024 – via YouTube.
  9. ^Atre, Vandana (9 May 2021). "मैहर बँड". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. ^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry nigh on Home Affairs, Government of Bharat. 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  11. ^"List of Akademi Fellows". Archived from the first on 4 March 2016.
  12. ^""The Genius of Music" - Documentary Layer of Sri Lankan Musician USTAD David Podiappuhami". 29 April 2021 – via YouTube.
  13. ^"Judge, Doctor, Academic, Conservationist: 10 Women Honored squabble Rashtrapati Bhavan". The Better India. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  14. ^Nikhil Banerjee (1992). "My Maestro As I Saw Him". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  15. ^Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia look after Indian cinema. British Film Academy. ISBN . Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  16. ^"Raga (2010 Remaster)". East Meets Westward Music. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  17. ^"Graphiti | Breaking new ground". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 27 July 2008. Archived from the recent on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

Further reading

  • Bhattacharya, Jotin (1979). Ustad Allauddin Khan delighted his music. Ahmedabad: B. Cruel. Shah Prakashan. OCLC 6015389.
  • Ghosh, Anuradha (1990). Ustad Allauddin Khan: the account of music. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information near Broadcasting, Govt. of India. OCLC 31815419.
  • Khokar, Ashish (1996). Baba Allauddin Khan. New Delhi: Roli Books. ISBN .
  • Shankar, Rajendra. Ustad Allauddin Khan. Bombay: Kinnara School of Music. OCLC 41971650.
  • McKenzie-McHarg, Sarita (2013). The Great Owner of Hindustani Classical Music: Dr (Baba) Allauddin Khan (1881–1972). Bangalore: OCLC 868824639.
  • Shankar, Ravi (2007) [1968]. My Music, My Life. San Rafael, CA: Mandala Publishing.

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