Alladiya khan biography sample
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•• Remembering Legendary Hindustani Classical Vocalist Gaan-Samraat Ustad Alladiya Khan on his th Birth Anniversary (10 August ) ••
Ustad Alladiya Khan (10 August - 16 March ) was an Indian Classical Vocalist founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana based on the Dagar bani. He is popularly known as "Gaan-Samraat" by experts. He is also recognized for his revival and creations of many ragas.
Ustad Alladiya Khan was born in a family of musicians in Uniara, Rajasthan, India. Though his father Khwaja Ahmed Khan died early in Alladiya's life, his uncle, Jehangir Khan from Jaipur, taught him dhrupad for 5 years and then khyal for another 8 years.
Ustad Alladiya Khan served in the court of various kings of Rajasthan including that of Amlata. He sung so well and so much for the kings that he nearly lost his voice due to hours of riyaaz (practice). While trying to regain his voice he developed a new and profound style of singing by which he could sing without compromising the purity of raag but the passage, taans, and creativity of singing the raag. Later he settled down in Kolhapur as the court musician of the local king, Shahu Maharaj.
In he moved to Mumbai after the king died. With his distinguished reputation, Ustad Alladiya Khan became a gem among the many master
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U S T A D A L L A D I Y A K H A N THE VOICE OF ANGELS
USTAD ALLADIYA KHAN C H A P T E R 8 THE VOICE OF ANGELS The flawless voice of this immortal prodigy of Hindustani classical music, believed to have been buried in time, has found its way back into the world, like a lost diadem. Emerging from the deep archives of history, Ustad Alladiya Khan, the master of his musical era, comes alive through the discovery of his precious recordings. USTAD ALLADIYA KHAN USTAD ALLADIYA KHAN USTAD ALLADIYA KHAN A distinguished singer of his time and one of the pillars of Hindustani classical music, Ustad Alladiya Khan, under the guidance of his competent mentor, resurrected complex ragas that left listeners mystified. A true gem of this era, he birthed his own gharana, now etched in the world of classical music. PANTHSAHEB BAWDEKAR When Alladiya Khan was at the peak of his career as a performing artiste, some of his admirers such as Panthsaheb Bawdekar (pictured above) and Balasaheb Gaekwad had made a few private recordings of rare bandishes in ragas —Adana, Malasri, Suddhakalyan, Purvi, Mand and so on — but sadly, these are lost to us. I t is a challenge to document something that is perceived as non-existent. But then again, anything that has existed in the past and is considered to be los