num_pages: 354
description:  English 354 (B &amp; W 8)From the Back of the 'Kudrat teri rang-birangee!Ohmany-splendoured Creation!'So went the bhajan Ustad Abdul Karim Khansang before the saint Tajuddin Baba. The Holy man entranced by the song,clapped his hands and danced.Kumar Prasad elegy to a vanishing age ofmusical giants comprises many such shared experiences between performer andaudience between recital and applause. It is his salute to a world receding into theshadows of history peopled by ustads, pandits, the rich and the famous, thesacred and the profane. He traces the origins of their schools from fold traditionsto the courts of ancient emperors to the sound of ankle-bells of dancing girls. Hepoints to the time when notation crept into classical music horrifying old mastersaccustomed to an art form that celebrated spontaneity and improvisation butresulting in the preservation of rages that would otherwise have been lost totime. While Mukherji's beloved Pandits and Buwas may have been inspiredby the divine has recounting from legends and from personal memory shows usthose greats as intensely human creatures. Appetites drive them not always nobleand their intrigues and jealousies are universal. Humour too abounds in thesepages as do character who will remain forever etched in the mind of thereader.CONTENTS1Early Years12The Birth of Khayal353Gwalior Gharana574Patiala and Sahaswan1055Agra Gharana and Ustad Faiyaz khan1466Jaiur Gharana and Ustad Alladiya Khan1917Kirana Gharana2298Bha
language: English
title: The Lost World Of Hindustani Music
titlecomplete: The Lost World Of Hindustani Music
genres: Music, History, India, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 42
publisher: Penguin Group