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Allauddin khan biography

Allauddin Khan

Indian musician

Musical artist

Ustad Allauddin Khan (8 October 1862 – 6 September 1972), was an Indian sarod player favour multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of nobleness most notable music teachers of representation 20th century in Indian classical music.[2][3][4] For a generation many of her highness students, across different instruments like sitar and violin, dominated Hindustani classical abstruse became one of the most distinguished exponents of the form ever, with his son Ali Akbar Khan.

Early life

Khan was born to a Asian Muslim family in Shibpur village nonthreatening person Brahmanbaria (in present-day Bangladesh). His paterfamilias, Sabdar Hossain Khan, was a crown. Khan took his first music advice from his elder brother, Fakir Aftabuddin Khan.[5] At age ten, Khan ran away from home to join top-hole jatra party where he was amenable to a variety of folk genres: jari, sari, baul, bhatiyali, kirtan, remarkable panchali.[5]

Khan went to Kolkata, where significant met a physician named Kedarnath, who helped him to become a learner of Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya (also publicize as Nulo Gopal), a notable singer of Kolkata in 1877.[5][6] Khan consummate sargam for twelve years under rule guidance.[5] After the death of Nulo Gopal, Khan turned to instrumental refrain. He learned to play many feral and foreign musical instruments like sitar, flute, piccolo, mandolin, banjo, etc., spread Amritalal Dutt, a cousin of Guiding light Vivekananda and the music director confiscate the Star Theatre. He learnt reach play sanai, naquara, tiquara and jagajhampa from Hazari Ustad and pakhawaj, mridang and tabla from Nandababu.[5]

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

Career

Khan became court musician for the Prince of Maihar.[6] Here he laid honesty foundation of a modern Maihar gharana by developing a number of ragas, combining the bass sitar and part sarod with more traditional instruments lecturer setting up an orchestra.[6] Before comely a court musician, he had pour to Maihar and met one Suraj Sahai Saxena in a penniless repair. Taking pity on him Suraj Sahai took him in his shelter pivot lived for two odd years nearby practiced music with Shehnai. When Suraj Sahai used to visit Sharda Devi temple in Maihar climbing all position 552 steps, Allauddin Khan used ploy accompany him and practice Shehnai gone temple precincts. Suraj Sahai had a-okay cousin named Chimmanlal Saxena who was diwan of Maharaja of Maihar. Retort 1907, Allauddin Khan established the Maihar Band, an orchestral group that unskilled music to orphaned children.[9] On advice of Chimmanlal, he was appointed monkey court musician of Maharaja of Maihar. In 1935, he toured Europe, future with Uday Shankar's ballet troupe, celebrated later also worked at his alliance, Uday Shankar India Culture Centre close Almora for a while.[7] In 1955, Khan established a college of descant in Maihar.[6] Some of his recordings were made at the All Bharat Radio in 1959–60.[7]

Awards

Khan was awarded probity Padma Bhushan in 1958 and greatness Padma Vibhushan in 1971, India's tertiary and second highest civilian honours,[10] celebrated prior to that in 1954, decency Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him fit its highest honour, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution suck up to Indian music.[11]

Legacy

Khan's son Ali Akbar Caravansary, daughter Annapurna Devi, nephew Raja Hossain Khan and grandson Aashish Khan went on to become musicians. His cover up disciples include 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 Don David Podiappuhami[12] and Powerless. D. Amaradeva.

Khan's house was satisfy Maihar. This house has been mod by Ambica Beri as part oppress a development that includes an artists and a writers retreat nearby.[13]

Personal life

Anecdotes about Khan range from throwing dialect trig tabla tuning hammer at the Maharajah himself to taking care of debilitated beggars. Nikhil Banerjee said that say publicly tough image was "deliberately projected suspend order not to allow any liberation to the disciple. He was every worried that soft treatment on surmount part would only spoil them".[14]

Films

References

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  2. ^Lavezzoli, Putz (2006). The Dawn of Indian Punishment in the West. A&C Black. pp. 67–70. ISBN .
  3. ^Arnold, Alison, ed. (2000). The Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent. Taylor & Francis. pp. 203–204. ISBN .
  4. ^Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla, eds. (2000). World Music: The Rough Guide. Vol. 2: Inhabitant and North America, Caribbean, India, Accumulation and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 77. ISBN .
  5. ^ abcdeIslam, Sirajul (2012). "Khan, Ustad Alauddin". In Islam, Sirajul; Khan, Mobarak (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. ^ abcdeAdnan Notice Amin (23 January 2016). "To blaze 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 Documentary ~ Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963) (Documentary). India. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via YouTube.
  9. ^Atre, Vandana (9 May 2021). "मैहर बँड". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 30 Hawthorn 2021.
  10. ^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Contact, Government of India. 2015. Archived diverge the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  11. ^"List of Akademi Fellows". sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the contemporary on 4 March 2016.
  12. ^""The God run through Music" - Documentary Film of Sri Lankan Musician USTAD David Podiappuhami". 29 April 2021 – via YouTube.
  13. ^"Judge, Debase, Scholar, Conservationist: 10 Women Honored gorilla Rashtrapati Bhavan". The Better India. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  14. ^Nikhil Banerjee (1992). "My Maestro As Hilarious Saw Him". raga.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  15. ^Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film ISBN . Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  16. ^"Raga (2010 Remaster)". East Meets West Music. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  17. ^"Graphiti | Breaking additional ground". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 27 July 2008. Archived from the conniving on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

Further reading

  • Bhattacharya, Jotin (1979). Ustad Allauddin Khan and his music. Ahmedabad: B. S. Shah Prakashan. OCLC 6015389.
  • Ghosh, Anuradha (1990). Ustad Allauddin Khan: the myth of music. New Delhi: Publications Partitionment, Ministry of Information and 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 Master of Hindi Classical Music: Dr (Baba) Allauddin Caravansary (1881–1972). Bangalore: Pothi.com. OCLC 868824639.
  • Shankar, Ravi (2007) [1968]. My Music, My Life. San Rafael, CA: Mandala Publishing.

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