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Ustad Karim Khan - Abdul Karim Khan - Raag Shuddh Kalyan

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:56 -0700

Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan popularised the Kirana School of Music. This must be a very old recording indeed as the Khansahib passed away in 1937 at the age of 73. His disciples included Sawai Gandharva and Roshanara Begum.

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad ABDUL HALIM JAFFER KHAN Sitar-Ut. SHAIK DAWOOD Tabla Raag Jhinjoti

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:54 -0700

Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Sitar with Ustad Shaik Dawood Tabla accompaniment. PART II. Raag Jhinjoti. This is Radio Sangeeth Sammelan Inaugaration Recording held in Bombay in 1969, which is recorded from the Radio broadcast.

Ustad Karim Khan - USTAD ABDUL KARIM KHANSAHEB-Raag Jogiya-Piya ke milan ki aas

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:53 -0700

Ustad Abdul Karim Khansaheb The one and only in the world of Indian Classical Music Vocalist. Raag Jogiya Piya ke milan ki aas

Ustad Karim Khan - Raag Jaijaiwanti on Sarangi By Ustad Majeed Khan

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:51 -0700

Late Ustad Majeed Khan was the student of "Ustad Abdul Karim khan" from Kirana Gharana. Ustad Majeed khan belong to Hyderabad sindh Pakistan. He was the permanent employee of Radio pakistan hyderabad. He performed with many artists including Ustad Umeed Ali khan (Gawolior gharana), Ustad Jumman, Ustad Salamat&Nazakat ali khan Ustad Amanat&Fateh Ali khan and many more... I am very lucky that I got this opportunity to meet with such a great artist. In this video Khan saab performing Raag Jaijaiwanti hope you will enjoy. Thanks

Ustad Karim Khan - khan saheb abdul karim khan..piya bin chain nahi aavat

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:48 -0700

khan saheb abdul karim khan was from Miraj&was court singer with the mahraja of Kohlapur&sang this song in 1925-26. in raga jhinjhoti in thumri style. Khan saheb died in 1937.Saigal sang this song in 'devdas' in 1935under the music direction of Timir Baran so beautifuly&khan saheb was so pleased that he congratulated saigal.

Ustad Karim Khan - Utd. Abdul Karim Khan - Natyageet

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:47 -0700

Here is an audio recording of Utd. Abdul Karim Khansaheb, reviver of the Kirana Gharana (if not founder) singing the very popular "Prem Seva Sharan" Marathi Natyageet based on Raag Bhimpalas. One of the reasons for Khansaheb's popularity throughout India was his ability to pick up region-specific and culture-specific songs. His ability to render North Indian Ghazals, West Indian Natyageets, and South Indian Bhajans is unparalleled. This recording is a testament to that. Khansaheb has also sung the popular Natyageet "Nach Sundari Karu Kopa' (based on Raag Jaijaiwanti). Many of Khansaheb's students started their careers (during and following tutelage) in Natya Sangeet, like Pt. Sawai Gandharva, Smt. Hirabai Badodekar and many others. Many artists today feel that Marathi Natya Sangeet is a degeneration from the "more advanced" Hindustani Shastriya (Classical) Music. In this recording, Khansaheb has completely delegitimized that now absurd belief. Enjoy! : )

Ustad Karim Khan - Sureshbabu Mane - son of Ustad Abdul karim Khan - singing Bhairavi

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:45 -0700

Sureshbau Mane (1902-1953) was born as Abdul Rehman to Kirana legend Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Tarabai Mane. He was brought up and trained in music in Bombay, when his parents were living there and running a music school. After Khansahib and Tarabai split, their four children stayed with their mother, who raised them with Hindu names. Three of them (Sureshbabu, Hirabai Barodekar, and Saraswatibai Rane) became musicians and had careers in concert circuit and Marathi theatre. Only the youngest son Krishnarao Mane did not become a musician. Sureshbabu had his initial training from his father, and later from Ust?d Abdul Wahid Kh?n - a cousin of his father, and Saw?i Gandharva. As described by many contemporary artists, Sureshbabu was an extraordinary artist with great spontaneous creativity. His music was soothing, sweet and calm, with unexpected surprises. He was equally skillful in Thumri or Dadra forms. Sureshbabu also had a career in Marathi theatre and film, and left a number of disciples - among whom Prabha Atre is the most well-known.

Ustad Karim Khan - LIGHT CLASSICAL BEAUTIES-Ustad Abdul Karim Khan-dadra

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:43 -0700

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Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan - Raag Patdip

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:41 -0700

One of the few existing recordings of Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, an extremely influential artist of the Kirana Gharana. A number of Abdul Wahid Khansaheb's students became renowned musicians. They included Sureshbabu Mane, Hirabai Badodekar, Begum Akhtar, Saraswatibai Rane, Pran Nath, Ram Narayan, Shakoor Khan, and Mohammed Rafi. Ustad Amir Khan was also extremely influenced by the music of Abdul Wahid Khan. The following description is taken from the KishoriRay's upload of Abdul Wahid Khan (www.youtube.com Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan and Ustad Abdul Karim Khan popularized the Kirana Gharana style of classical music in India. Although a youthful prodigy of the Kolhapur court, remaining unchallenged after his public debut there at age 18, Abdul Wahid Khan had no inclination to spend time singing in the courts. Instead he lived a devout, reclusive life, singing in the presence of holy men and at the tombs of Sufi saints and only occasionally sang in public. The most striking fact on his performance was apparently his alap. The time he took, the care, to elaborate the raga was exceptional among khayal singers: he might take hours on one raga. When Salamat Ali Khan was asked by one of his disciples for a description of Abdul Wahid Khan, he replied: he would begin to improvise in Lahore and you could travel to Delhi and back, and he would still be improvising. More than that you don't ask. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan said that when most musicians came to the radio station, they sang their...

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Saheb...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:39 -0700

In the early decades of this century, Khan Saheb Abdul Karim Khan dominated the world of Hindustani music for well over a generation, and he was a trend setter in this world in more than one sense. He created a new style or gharaana and gave an elan to the history of Hindustani music. He has been acclaimed as the "maestro who conceived, evolved, and popularised the Kirana gharana", and in fact, he changed the entire mood of Khayal and Thumri-singing. Dr. SN Ratanjankar wrote to me once about him: "In the late Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Saheb's sweet, tender, and tuneful voice, the Hindustani melodies appeared in a role and mood quite different from those in which they presented themselves in other voices...It was like a walk in a cool, moon-lit garden of sweet-smelling flowers that one felt when listening to the perfectly tuneful, and dreamy cadences of Khan Saheb's music One was lifted up into a dream land. The dream haunted the mind long after the music had ceased. The Khan Saheb never sang a raga, but was in holy communion with it. It was the very divine world, as it were, which made you forget the opposites, and led you to the perfect unity with the Supreme spirit". by Smt. Susheela Misra.

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. Rag Shankara.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:38 -0700

Khan Saheb Abdul Karim Khan was born in 1872 in Kirana near Kurukshetra in the Punjab. Subsequently the style or Gharana that he evolved was named after his birth place, Kiraana. In his perceptive book, "Indian Musical Traditions", Sri Vamanrao Deshpande rightly says that "each gharana has its origin in the distinctive quality of the voice of its founder and it is this quality which broadly determines his style." To this I would also add that the temperament of the founder also plays a considerable role in moulding the style of the gharana. His shishya-parampura includes a long array of celebrities such as Sawai Gandharva, Baharebuwa, Sureshbabu Mane, Balakrishnabuwa Kapileswari, Dasarathbuwa Muley, Roshanara Begum; Hirabai Barodekar and many others who in their turn, have groomed another generation of reputed singers like Bhimsen Joshi, Feroz Dastur, Gangubai Hangal, Manik Verma, Saraswati Rane, Prabha Atre and others. Full Article ... adagio.calarts.edu

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Raga Malkauns Peer na jani

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:36 -0700

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Raga Malkauns Peer na jani

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan... Raag Bilawal.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:33 -0700

Classic.

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Saheb.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:31 -0700

Rehmet Khan of the Gwalior gharana is said to have affected Ustad Karim Khan's implementation of the direct form of presentation. Some have also suggested the impact of the sarangi (a string instrument) on the vocal aspects of the Kirana gharana.

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, Raga Basant (Vilambit and Drut together)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:29 -0700

Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (1872-1937) is generally acknowledged to have introduced the format of modern Vilambit Khayal, where he did Raga Alaap (improvisation) within a slow rhythmic structure - using the words of the composition. But no recording of Khansahib's long performances (in All India Radio and Concerts) has survived to this day. So - apart from those who listened to him live - one can only imagine how they were like. To have a feel, I have joined two 78 RPM records of the same raga by Ustad Abdul Karim Khansahib - 'Ab maine dekhe' in slow Ektala and 'Phagba brij' in Tintal. I had to struggle a bit to match the pitches and sound quality of the two records - and the result is not entirely satisfactory. Please enjoy.

Ustad Karim Khan - Raag Jhinjhoti by KhanSahib Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Sb

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:26 -0700

www.facebook.com A Traditional Bandish in Raag Jhinjhoti Lyrics: Paiyaa Bin Naheen Aawat Chain Kaa se Kahoon Jee ke Bain " I am on pins and needles without My Beloved To whom I tell the Agony of my Heart" --------------- Kairan Gharana Tradition The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a village in Haryana state of central India. It is the birthplace of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (1872-1937), who was one of the most important musicians of this Gharana and of Hindustani music in general in the twentieth century, and considered by some to be the real founder of the Kirana Gharana. A frequent visitor to the Court of Mysore, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was influenced by Carnatic music. Much to the credit of Abdul Karim Khan, today most Hindustani musicians from Karnataka and Maharashtra are exponents of Kirana Gharana and it has imbibed many of the features of the Carnatic tradition. Common traits of Kirana Gharana include systematic elaboration of a Raga, improvisation in the vilambit laya, and slow spacious alaps employing meendkari. The style is renowned for its melody and sweetness. ------------------- Raag Jhinjhoti is a very sweet Raag of That Khamaj. Many famous songs are composed in Jhinjhoti, like Ghungharu Ki Taraha, Bajta hi Raha Hun Main Koi Hamdam Na Raha, Koi Sahara Na Raha Mere Maheboob Tujhe Meri Muhabbat Ki Qasam Mose Chal Kiye Jaye Hai Re Hai Hai Dekho Saiyan Beiman Teri Ankhon Ke Siva Duniyan Mein Tum Mujhe Yun Bhula Na Paoge MEHDI HASSAN's...

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan: Jamuna Ke Teer

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:24 -0700

Jamna Ke teer: Immortal thumri by Khansahib Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (1876-1938) of Kirana.

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:22 -0700

Raag. Natyageet (based on Carnatic Raga Devgandhar)

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan: Jamuna ke teer

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:20 -0700

Immortal thumri by Khansahib Ustad Abdul karim Khan

Ustad Karim Khan - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan...Ugich Ka Kanta (Marathi)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:19 -0700

Ustad Abdul Karim Khan lived from November 10, 1872 to 1937. He is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in Hindustani music of the 20th century. Abdul Karim Khan was born in Kirana (Uttar Pradesh, North India) in to the Kirana musical family which traced its roots to musician brothers Ghulam Ali and Ghulam Maula. His father, Kale Khan was the grandson of Ghulam Ali. Karim Khan received training under uncle Abdulla Khan and father Kale Khan. He also received guidance from another uncle Nanhe Khan. Apart from vocals and sarangi, he also learnt Veena (Been), Sitar and Tabla. According to a story, he was initially a sarangi player, but decided to switch to vocals because of low status of sarangi players. In early years he used to sing with his brother Abdul Haq. The Baroda ruler was impressed by this singing duo and made them the court musicians. This is where he met Tarabai Mane, who was the daughter of Sardar Maruti Rao Mane, a member of the royal family. When they decided to get married, they were ousted from Baroda. The couple settled down in Bombay. In 1922 Tarabai Mane left Abdul Karim Khan, which apparently had a major impact on his music - making it pensive and meditative. Karim Khan's first wife, Gafooran was the sister of another Kirana master Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, who was also his cousin. (Hummaa)