Hindustani Classical Singer Ustad Rashid Khan Passed Away

10 Jan 2024

Context: Recently, the renowned Hindustani classical singer- Ustad Rashid Khan passed away in Kolkata.

Ustad Rashid Khan

About Ustad Rashid Khan:

Ustad Rashid Khan was the 31st generation of Mian Tansen, born in Badaun (Uttar Pradesh).
Training: He was trained by Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan and Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Style of Singing: He was an exponent of the Rampur-Sahaswan gayaki (style of singing) which is closely related to the Gwalior gharana.
- This kind of singing features medium-slow tempos, a full-throated voice and intricate rhythmic play.

About Mian Tansen

He was a musician and poet and an important figure in the North Indian tradition of Hindustani classical music.
He was greatly esteemed for his dhrupad and raga compositions and for his vocal performances.
His renditions of ragas, a musical form intended to evoke emotion or nature, while his voice could replicate the roar of a lion or the chirp of a bird.

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Exceptional expertise: His style of singing included the slow elaboration in his vilambit khayals. He also developed exceptional expertise in the use of sargams and sargam taankari (play on the scale).
- He was also a master of the tarana but later he made his style of rendition his own signature in the landscape of Indian classical music.
- He also experimented with fusing pure Hindustani music with lighter musical genres.
- For example, in the Sufi fusion recording Naina Piya Se (Amir Khusro).
Awards:
- 2022: Padma Bhushan, Banga Bibhushan and Sangeet Mahasamman
- 2006: Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

Indian Classical Music:

Two systems of classical music are Today we recognize i.e. the Hindustani and the Carnatic.
Carnatic Music: It is confined to Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Hindustani Music: The classical music of the rest of the country comes under the name of Hindustani Classical Music.

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