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8 unusual facts about indian classical music


7 Notes to Infinity

It is a musical documentary which pays tribute to Indian classical music and explores the universality of music through infinite musical compositions created from seven pitches.

Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics

Hassell had studied Indian classical music with singer Pandit Pran Nath, and later applied the vocal techniques to his trumpet playing.

G. V. Atri

He was trained in Hindustani form of Indian classical music during his formative years under guru, Sheshadri Gavai of Bangalore.

Hermon di Giovanno

Beginning around the early 1940s, the three often met to listen to Indian classical music and discuss various mystical subjects.

Hyman Bloom

The three of them often met together to discuss various mystical subjects and to listen to Indian classical music.

Junior wives of Krishna

Another theory relates the Krishna, who plays the flute and the lover of music, and his 16,000 wives to the 16,000 ragas or musical modes or passions or affections of the mind in Indian classical music, and their wives - the raginis (female raga).

Ragas in the Guru Granth Sahib

A raga is a complex structure of musical melody used in the Indian classical music.

The Wisdom Tree

The film score was composed by William Storkson, and features seven solo compositions rendered by Shweta Jhaveri, an Indian classical music vocalist and composer.


Ananda Shankar

There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first self-titled album in 1970, featuring original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits such as The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and The Doors' "Light My Fire".

Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan

He started his research on Indian classical music in the 1990s which led to his work on the Sarana Chatushtai and later he also evolved a methodology to develop perfectly tuned flutes.

Bhendibazaar gharana

The Bhendibazaar gharana is one of the vocal gharanas of Indian classical music, which originated in Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai in 1890.

Bishnupur Gharana

The Bishnupur Gharana (alternatively spelt Vishnupur Gharana) (pronounced as /biʃ.nu.pur gʱɔ.ra.na/) is a form of singing that follows the Dhrupad tradition of Hindustani music, one of the two forms of Indian classical music.

Born to Be Burned

The album contains many of The Great Society's signature songs, including "Free Advice", a drone-laden piece of raga rock, greatly influenced by Indian classical music, and "Father Bruce", a song inspired by comedian and counterculture hero, Lenny Bruce.

Gandharva

Gandharva is a name used for distinct heavenly beings in Hinduism and Buddhism; it is also a term for skilled singers in Indian classical music.

Gopeshwar Banerjee

Gopeshwar Banerjee or Gopeshwar Bandopadhyay (1880-1963) was an Indian classical singer and musicologist, belonging to Bishnupur gharana of Hindustani music, which originated in Bishnupur in West Bengal.


see also

AACM

Ali Akbar College of Music, three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music

Apratim Majumdar

Some of these are: at National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) - Mumbai, Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan - Mumbai, Vasantrao Chandorkar Smriti Pratisthan - Jalgaon, Kal Ke Kalakar Sangeet Sammelan - Mumbai, Indian Classical Music Young Talents' Conference - Kolkata, Swar-Sadhana Samiti - Mumbai, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra Annual Music Conference (Kolkata), India International Center (Delhi) and many others.

Cassius Khan

Khan has also collaborated with the inventor of the Mohan Veena, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustad Aashish Khan the great Sarode player of the Maihar Gharana, Satvik Veena exponent Pandit Salil Bhatt, Kathak Danceuse/Harmonium soloist Amika Kushwaha, amongst other greats of Indian classical music and Ghazal singers.

Dhritiman Deori

Dhriti’s musical training started in 1992 when he started studying Indian classical music in Tezpur.

Dilipkumar Roy

Inviting Roy through the International Peace and Freedom Society, Romain Rolland arranged for him a seminar on Indian classical music in Lugano, and had his lectures translated and published in French.

Kalyan Mukherjea

Kalyan Kumar Mukherjea (1943–2010) was an authority on Indian classical music, particularly the Senia Shahjahanpur Gharana (school) of Sarod.

Kiran Seth

Kiran Seth (born 1949) is an Indian academician, Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi since 1976, and is most known as the founder of SPIC MACAY (1977), a non-profit organization which promotes Indian classical music, Indian classical dance, and other aspects Indian culture, amongst youth the world over; through its about 500 chapters and through conventions, baithaks, lectures and musical fests.

Param Vir

Born in Delhi into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a Roman Catholic secondary school and had informal lessons from composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, then resident in India.

Raghunath Seth

He has performed Indian Classical Music around the world, in the US he has played on many occasions with American flutist Steve Gorn.

Raghupriya

Raghupriya (meaning The one dear to Raghu) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music).

Sampurna

Sampurna raga, a raga in Indian classical music that has all seven swaras in their scale

Shiv-Hari

With the active participation of accomplished guitarist Brij Bhushan Kabra and the unusual way in which this Indian classical music album was organized, the result was a fresh, edgy and slightly controversial form of music.