Sugata Bose The Marathis sing so well that one is swept by it to almost believing that they hold the reins of the music world.Sumit Chandra True. My favorite is Pandit DV Paluskar. Such grace he had and what a musician.He left his mortal coil just at 34 years but has left his legacy for generations to come.Sugata Bose What a beautiful tribute, Sumit, and in what a musical tone, too, set in perfect rhythm! Just read your comment carefully once more and you will realise what I have said. This is what is called the superimposition of spiritual influence, in this case of the maestro, himself, who you pay tribute to.Sumit Chandra Sugata da thank you.Sugata Bose Sumit, I have started a 'Guess Game' in my posts on music. Please participate.
Sugata Bose Her voice is too thin and fragile, hence, unsuitable in classical terms for classical music, especially, the khayal. Guess who?Sandipan Guha Lataji Sir?Sugata Bose No, I did not have Lata Mangeshkar in mind for she is not a classical singer after all at any rate and, although, her voice is thin, it is by no means fragile. Lata Mangeshkar's voice is as robust as robust can be despite its obvious tonal thinness. I have, instead, alluded to a classical artiste of monumental repute but have for reasons of propriety refrained from naming her. Keep guessing and let the game continue.Sandipan Guha What is her gharana and is she a Marathi or Bengali or is she still among us I mean to say is she alive.Nilanjana Chakraborty Kaushiki.Sugata Bose No, not quite, for Kaushiki Chakrabarty's voice is neither too thin nor fragile by any stretch of imagination. It is quite suited to the khayal in so far as voice quality is concerned. However, one may have reservations otherwise about an artiste's capacity as a khayal singer. But that is not the matter of contention here.Sandipan Guha What is her gharana and is she a Marathi or Bengali or is she still among us I mean to say is she alive.Sugata Bose Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Sorry, I will not divulge more in one go. You will have to keep questioning to keep the game going.Sutanu Chatterjee Kishori Amonkar?Sugata Bose Sutanu, you have hit the nail on the head.Sutanu Chatterjee I would have hung my head in shame ,had I not ,holding what can be termed arguably one of the largest gramophone and gramophone record collection in India.Kalpana Sarkar I do not agree.She is a beautiful singer also in kheyal.Sugata Bose You are absolutely right that she was a soulful singer of khayal, too. Her earlier recordings were steady but with age the voice thinned out appreciably and, strangely so, for usually it thickens with age, and the voice began quivering unduly, perhaps, more than she would have liked, and even more than her gayaki in the Jaipur-Atrauli style of Mallikarjun Mansur would have permitted. I add on, though, to say that she was not following Mansurji as such but being an ardent admirer of this musical genius from her gharana --- although, she repudiated the very concept of gharana as being a limiting factor in musical development as opposed to it being a stylistic variation with some unique features of its own with its characteristic contribution to music overall --- she could not have failed to have been influenced significantly by the maestro's rendition style. Mallikarjun Mansur had a similar quivering style of presentation as is evident in Amonkar's latter renditions. All things said, it must be admitted, though, that these were the bearers of our musical heritage and must be revered critically and not blindly --- for blindness leads not to knowledge but to ignorance --- and a fair appreciation must be their due for their legacy to last along innovative and original channels of self-expression of this millenia-old musical tradition.
Sugata Bose His voice was booming like cannon balls being fired from the ramparts of the Agra Fort. His medallions bore his merit. Guess who?Sutanu Chatterjee Either Ustaad Faiyyaz khan or Ustaad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib.Sugata Bose Now make your choice Sir. Otherwise, your vote will be nullified as per election rules.Sutanu Chatterjee Having heard both ,and by that I mean not just a few songs ,but a complite gamut of range ,from both these time less maestroes, I will settle for USTAAD FAIYYAZ KHAN Sahib.Sutanu Chatterjee Ustaad Jhande khan does come close enough ,but Ustaad Faiyyaz khan will definitely get my vote for versatility .Sugata Bose Sutanu, there you go booming with the Agra Gharana maestro, Ustad Faiyaz Khan, who I had given away by by my having said that he fired as if from the ramparts of the Agra Fort his booming taans and donned his medallions, too, to give his chest-thumping proof of his genius.Sutanu Chatterjee He was a great lover of Agrey wali Malka Jaan.Sugata Bose Sutanu, she was the mother of the great Gauhar Jaan, am I right?Sutanu Chatterjee Sir ,it's just lovely to know someone who shares my passion of pure music.Sutanu Chatterjee No Sir ,U r wrong here ,Agrey wali Malka Jaan and Gauhar jaan were contemporaries ,but bosom friends.Sugata Bose Sutanu, is it so? But even Gauhar Jaan's mother on embracing Islam had assumed the name Malka Jaan. So, there must have been two in the domain then with the same name. Of course, the period of their performance would differ in all probability in that case.Sutanu Chatterjee KL SAIGOL had sung BABUL MORA ,NAIHAR CHOOT JAY,but how many have heard this from d AGREY wali MALKA JAAN? at d end she says sweetly ..My name is Malka jaan,from Agra.Sutanu Chatterjee Yes ,Sir ,both d ladies had d same name ,but d era differed.Sutanu Chatterjee Today I rediscovered d worth of my collection
Sugata Bose Her voice is too thin and fragile, hence, unsuitable in classical terms for classical music, especially, the khayal. Guess who?Sandipan Guha Lataji Sir?Sugata Bose No, I did not have Lata Mangeshkar in mind for she is not a classical singer after all at any rate and, although, her voice is thin, it is by no means fragile. Lata Mangeshkar's voice is as robust as robust can be despite its obvious tonal thinness. I have, instead, alluded to a classical artiste of monumental repute but have for reasons of propriety refrained from naming her. Keep guessing and let the game continue.Sandipan Guha What is her gharana and is she a Marathi or Bengali or is she still among us I mean to say is she alive.Nilanjana Chakraborty Kaushiki.Sugata Bose No, not quite, for Kaushiki Chakrabarty's voice is neither too thin nor fragile by any stretch of imagination. It is quite suited to the khayal in so far as voice quality is concerned. However, one may have reservations otherwise about an artiste's capacity as a khayal singer. But that is not the matter of contention here.Sandipan Guha What is her gharana and is she a Marathi or Bengali or is she still among us I mean to say is she alive.Sugata Bose Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Sorry, I will not divulge more in one go. You will have to keep questioning to keep the game going.Sutanu Chatterjee Kishori Amonkar?Sugata Bose Sutanu, you have hit the nail on the head.Sutanu Chatterjee I would have hung my head in shame ,had I not ,holding what can be termed arguably one of the largest gramophone and gramophone record collection in India.Kalpana Sarkar I do not agree.She is a beautiful singer also in kheyal.Sugata Bose You are absolutely right that she was a soulful singer of khayal, too. Her earlier recordings were steady but with age the voice thinned out appreciably and, strangely so, for usually it thickens with age, and the voice began quivering unduly, perhaps, more than she would have liked, and even more than her gayaki in the Jaipur-Atrauli style of Mallikarjun Mansur would have permitted. I add on, though, to say that she was not following Mansurji as such but being an ardent admirer of this musical genius from her gharana --- although, she repudiated the very concept of gharana as being a limiting factor in musical development as opposed to it being a stylistic variation with some unique features of its own with its characteristic contribution to music overall --- she could not have failed to have been influenced significantly by the maestro's rendition style. Mallikarjun Mansur had a similar quivering style of presentation as is evident in Amonkar's latter renditions. All things said, it must be admitted, though, that these were the bearers of our musical heritage and must be revered critically and not blindly --- for blindness leads not to knowledge but to ignorance --- and a fair appreciation must be their due for their legacy to last along innovative and original channels of self-expression of this millenia-old musical tradition.
Sugata Bose His voice was booming like cannon balls being fired from the ramparts of the Agra Fort. His medallions bore his merit. Guess who?Sutanu Chatterjee Either Ustaad Faiyyaz khan or Ustaad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib.Sugata Bose Now make your choice Sir. Otherwise, your vote will be nullified as per election rules.Sutanu Chatterjee Having heard both ,and by that I mean not just a few songs ,but a complite gamut of range ,from both these time less maestroes, I will settle for USTAAD FAIYYAZ KHAN Sahib.Sutanu Chatterjee Ustaad Jhande khan does come close enough ,but Ustaad Faiyyaz khan will definitely get my vote for versatility .Sugata Bose Sutanu, there you go booming with the Agra Gharana maestro, Ustad Faiyaz Khan, who I had given away by by my having said that he fired as if from the ramparts of the Agra Fort his booming taans and donned his medallions, too, to give his chest-thumping proof of his genius.Sutanu Chatterjee He was a great lover of Agrey wali Malka Jaan.Sugata Bose Sutanu, she was the mother of the great Gauhar Jaan, am I right?Sutanu Chatterjee Sir ,it's just lovely to know someone who shares my passion of pure music.Sutanu Chatterjee No Sir ,U r wrong here ,Agrey wali Malka Jaan and Gauhar jaan were contemporaries ,but bosom friends.Sugata Bose Sutanu, is it so? But even Gauhar Jaan's mother on embracing Islam had assumed the name Malka Jaan. So, there must have been two in the domain then with the same name. Of course, the period of their performance would differ in all probability in that case.Sutanu Chatterjee KL SAIGOL had sung BABUL MORA ,NAIHAR CHOOT JAY,but how many have heard this from d AGREY wali MALKA JAAN? at d end she says sweetly ..My name is Malka jaan,from Agra.Sutanu Chatterjee Yes ,Sir ,both d ladies had d same name ,but d era differed.Sutanu Chatterjee Today I rediscovered d worth of my collection
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