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Hindustani Classical Singer Ustad Rashid Khan Passed Away

January 10, 2024

GS Paper I Art and Culture

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.

Also Refer: Tansen Samaroh Or Tansen Music Festival 2023
  • 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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