Everybody sings nowadays for recognition but the quality of music rendered is abysmally poor. This is a general trend and is not particular to any genre of music as such. Even in Hindustani classical music this decline in musical standard is quite evident as Pandits and Ustads by self-assertion and the clamour of disciples proliferate reducing rendition in public to a sham. Tagore music is no exception to this rule nor is film music whose standard has over the decades steadily plummeted. The worst hit has been the spiritual ethos of music as even 'shastriya sangeet' has had a funeral at the hands of these modern exponents of the trade. Trade, I call it, because that is what classical music has now been reduced to.
Provided below is the audio YouTube link of a violin rendition of the Raag Bihag by Ustad Allauddin Khan : https://www.youtube.com/
End of Part 1
To be continued...
Photo : Ustad Allauddin Khan in his room at his Maihar residence.
Written by Sugata Bose
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