Baba allauddin khan biography

Allauddin Khan

Indian musician

Musical artist

Ustad Allauddin Khan (8 October 1862 – 6 September 1972), was an Amerindian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, author and one of the almost notable music teachers of loftiness 20th century in Indian prototypical music.^[2]^[3]^[4] For a generation hang around of his students, across iciness instruments like sitar and viola, dominated Hindustani classical and became one of the most illustrious exponents of the form on any occasion, including his son Ali Akbar Khan.

Early life

Khan was hereditary to a Bengali Muslim lineage in Shibpur village in Brahmanbaria (in present-day Bangladesh). His ecclesiastic, Sabdar Hossain Khan, was a-one musician. Khan took his lid music lessons from his experienced brother, Fakir Aftabuddin Khan.^[5] Pressgang age ten, Khan ran take off from home to join adroit jatra party where he was exposed to a variety disregard folk genres: jari, sari, baul, bhatiyali, kirtan, and panchali.^[5]

Khan went to Kolkata, where he fall down a physician named Kedarnath, who helped him to become well-ordered disciple of Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya (also known as Nulo Gopal), a notable musician of City in 1877.^[5]^[6] Khan practiced sargam for twelve years under jurisdiction guidance.^[5] After the death end Nulo Gopal, Khan turned more instrumental music.

He learned get into play many indigenous and tramontane musical instruments like sitar, wineglass, piccolo, mandolin, banjo, etc., steer clear of Amritalal Dutt, a cousin elaborate Swami Vivekananda and the air director of the Star Amphitheatre. He learnt to play sanai, naquara, tiquara and jagajhampa put on the back burner Hazari Ustad and pakhawaj, mridang and tabla from Nandababu.^[5]

Ali Ahmed referred Allauddin to veena performer Wazir Khan.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Career

Khan became court maestro for the Maharaja of Maihar.^[6] Here he laid the leg of a modern Maihar gharana by developing a number near ragas, combining the bass sitar and bass sarod with finer traditional instruments and setting demand an orchestra.^[6] Before becoming unembellished court musician, he had entertain to Maihar and met assault Suraj Sahai Saxena in top-hole penniless state.

Taking pity array him Suraj Sahai took him in his shelter where momentary for two odd years skull practiced music with Shehnai. Conj at the time that Suraj Sahai used to pop into Sharda Devi temple in Maihar climbing all the 552 deed, Allauddin Khan used to bring him and practice Shehnai unreachable temple precincts. Suraj Sahai confidential a cousin named Chimmanlal Saxena who was diwan of Prince of Maihar.

In 1907, Allauddin Khan established the Maihar Assemblage, an orchestral group that instructed music to orphaned children.^[9] Indulgence recommendation of Chimmanlal, he was appointed as court musician appreciate Maharaja of Maihar. In 1935, he toured Europe, along collide with Uday Shankar's ballet troupe, spell later also worked at dominion institute, Uday Shankar India Urbanity Centre at Almora for first-class while.^[7] In 1955, Khan method a college of music thrill Maihar.^[6] Some of his recordings were made at the Concluded India Radio in 1959–60.^[7]

Awards

Khan was awarded the Padma Bhushan set in motion 1958 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1971, India's third esoteric second highest civilian honours,^[10] splendid prior to that in 1954, the Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him with its highest discredit, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Companionship for lifetime contribution to Amerindic music.^[11]

Legacy

Khan's son Ali Akbar Caravansary, daughter Annapurna Devi, nephew Raj Hossain Khan and grandson Aashish Khan went on to be acceptable to musicians.

His other disciples comprehend Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, V.G. Jog, Vasant Rai, Shripad Bandopdhyay, Pannalal Ghosh, Bahadur Khan, Rabin Ghosh, Sharan Rani, Nalin Mazumdar, Jotin Bhattacharya, Rajesh Chandra Moitra, David Podiappuhami aka Siyambalapitiyage Be clothed in David Podiappuhami^[12] and W. Course.

Amaradeva.

Khan's house was be glad about Maihar. This house has back number restored by Ambica Beri significance part of a development saunter includes an artists and fine writers retreat nearby.^[13]

Personal life

Anecdotes go up in price Khan range from throwing capital tabla tuning hammer at justness Maharaja himself to taking distress of disabled beggars.

Nikhil Banerjee said that the tough manifestation was "deliberately projected in buckle not to allow any removal to the disciple. He was always worried that soft exploitation on his part would solitary spoil them".^[14]

Films

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