Kazi Nazrul Islam enriched almost all genres of Bengali songs. His compositions are based on the solid foundation of Indian classical music. Nazrul developed 18 distinct ragas; composed khayal, thumri ...
Remember how on August 15, 1989, raag Desh brought together the nation? As the legendary Pt. Bhimsen Joshi sang ‘Lab pe jaage geet aisa, Goonje bankar des raag’ surrounded by a lush landscape, his ...
The 17th-century Ragamala painting of Darbari Kanada beautifully captured the grandeur of the raag. On the painting was inscribed a Sanskrit shloka from the ancient treatise Sangeet Darpan that ...
At the initial stage, gurus in the Hindustani music tradition often choose to teach raags Yaman and/or Bhairav. But rudimentary exercises are often taught using shuddha swaras or notes that do not use ...
Since ancient times, music has been given a special place in the Indian society. Indian classical music history is enriched with numerous musicians who were able to create different effects in seasons ...
Listen: Interpretations of the rare raag Deepak that was closely associated with the magic of Tansen
A few years ago, this column had mentioned a raag called Deepak that is unrelated to Diwali, the Festival of Lights, but is linked to a myth about its power to engulf the performer in the heat or fire ...
In his birth centenary year, the iconic ‘Shivpalganj’ Kasba comes alive at IGP; artistes to politicians recite notable works of Shukla The fictional world of Raag Darbari came to life on Thursday at ...
A few decades ago, no one could have guessed that the Gordon College student who listened to the sound of harmonium and ‘raag’ coming out from the maestro Qazi Zahurul Haq’s recording room would one ...
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