Sarod

Musical artist Sharan Rani (also known as Sharan Rani Backliwal, Mathur) (9 April 1929– 8 April 2008) was an Her private collection of 379 musical instruments ranging from the 15th to the 19th century is now part of the "Sharan Rani Backliwal Gallery of Musical Instruments" at the Early life and training [ ] She was born Sharan Rani Mathur in the walled city of Backliwal began her musical career in spite of immense familial opposition. During this period in Indian history, a career as a musician was seen as something for Musical career [ ] From the late 1930s, Sharan Rani presented her sarod recitals on the concert stage in India for over seven decades. She was one of the first to record for Concerned that the rich Dhrupad tradition was fading away, some of her solo recitals were accompanied by both Tabla and Pakhawaj. Rani was one of the earliest artists of Musical authorship and teaching [ ] Backliwal also wrote a history of the sarod, titled The Divine Sarod: Its Origin, Antiquity and Development, The Divine Sarod was released in 2008 by Backliwal taught music through the In 1960, she married Sultan Singh Backliwal who belonged to a prominent Digamber Jain business family of Delhi. In 1974, they had a daughter, Radhika Narain. Awards and honours [ ] In 2004, the government of India honoured select artists by conferring upon them the title of 'National Artiste'. Sharan Rani was the only woman instrumentalist to receive this title. Other awards and honours she received in...

Musical artist Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Career and recognition [ ] Khan first performed in the Everything is Everywhere. In 2014, along with his two sons, Ayaan Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan, he performed Khan was awarded 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award. Khan received Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (1990), a Personal life [ ] Born on 9 October 1945 as Masoom Ali Khan, the youngest of seven children, to Gwalior court musician On 25 September 1976, Khan got married a second time. His bride was Khan cared for his Discography [ ] • The Maestro's Musings (LP) (1986, CBS) • Swar Sameer (1991, Super Cassettes Industries Ltd., T-Series) • Serene Strings (1994, EMI, RPG Enterprises) • North India: Instrumental Music of Medieval India (1994, • Ragas Bilaskhani Todi & Brindabani Sarang (1994, Navras Records) • • Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan with sons Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash (2001, Chhanda Dhara) • Music from the 13th Century (2005, Navras Records) • • • My Inspirations (2006, Navras Records) • Romancing The Rains (2007, Navras Records) • Samaagam (2011, • Masterworks From The NCPA Archives (2012, Navras Records) • Raga Bahar (2015, Sony music) References [ ] • ^ a b c d e f g h i Sawhney, Anubha (23 November 2003). . Retrieved 26 January 2018. • ^ a b c d e Bhatia, Shyam (1 October 2002). . Retrieved 26 January 2018. • Ratliff, Ben (30 October 2006). The New York Times . Retrieved 26 January 2018. • ^ a b Weisman, Steven R. (7 June 1988). . Retrieved 26...

Musical artist Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922–18 June 2009) was an Indian [ citation needed] California, with a branch in Khan was instrumental in popularizing Khan was accorded India's second highest civilian honour, the Childhood and training [ ] Ali Akbar Khan was born in the village of Shibpur, From an early age Khan received training from his father in various instruments as well as vocal composition, but finally gravitated towards the sarod. Allauddin was a perfectionist and a strict taskmaster, and Khan's lessons started before dawn and often lasted 18 hours a day. Of his training on the sarod, he wrote: If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years you may please even your guru, but you must practice for many more years before you finally become a true artist—then you may please even God. Career [ ] Khan, after years of rigorous training, gave his debut performance at a music conference in In 1943, on his father's recommendation, Khan was appointed a court musician for the Ustad by the Maharaja. When the princely states were wound down with India's independence in 1947 and Maharaja Hanwant Singh died in a plane crash in 1952, Khan moved to Bombay. In Bombay, he won acclaim as a composer of several film scores, including Khudito Pashan ("Hungry Stones", 1960), for which he won the "Best Musician of the Year" award. He also played Sarod for a song in 1955 film Seema wh...

The village Sarod, District Bharuch, Gujarat, India Pin Code 392180 was originally known as 'SAHIL-E-ROOD" (A Persian word) meaning the bank of a river. It was established by Mahmud Begda R.A. a sultan of Pathan Dynasty in the 15th Century A.D. This beautiful village is situated at the junction where river Mahi Sagar falls into the Bay of Cambay, Arabian Sea and hence it was rightly named as SAHIL (edge/bank) of a river. ગામસ્રોદ, જીલ્લોભરૂચ, ગુજરાત, ભારતપિનકોડ 392180 મૂળરીતે 'સાહિલ-એ-રુડ' (એકફારસીશબ્દ) તરીકેઓળખાતુંહતું, જેનોઅર્થછેનદીનાકાંઠે. તેમહેમદબેગડાઆર.એ. દ્વારાપઠાણરાજવંશનાસુલતાનમાંસ્થાપવામાંઆવ્યોહતો. 15 મીસદીએ.ડી. આસુંદરગામજંક્શનખાતેઆવેલુંછેજ્યાંમાહીસાગરકિમ્બરે, અરેબિયનસમુદ્રનાખાડીમાંઆવેલુંછેઅનેતેથીતેયોગ્યરીતેએકનદીની SAHIL (ધાર / બેંક) તરીકેનામઆપવામાંઆવ્યુંહતું. Please click on this link to subscribe to Sarod Village YouTube Channel Please do not click on link twice as you will accidentally unsubscribe from the channel. 200 Videos to watch and entertain you, 150,000+ views and counting. YouTube channel since 06.12.2009 સનોડગામ YouTube ચેનલપરસબ્સ્ક્રાઇબકરવામાટેકૃપાકરીનેઆલિંકપરક્લિકકરો Https://www.youtube.com/user/MySarod?sub_confirmation=1 We have 1,323+ Facebook members, please subscribe YouTube Channel we only have 459 subscribers. It easy you just need register account and then click subscribe button. Let's convert 1,323+ Facebook memb er s to YouTube channel members. Please click on the links below for more help on subscribing or email us. http://www.youtube.com/c...

Mongolian lute, circa 1297, Tomb of Wang Qing, China The word sarod, which comes from the Persian, is much older than the Indian musical instrument. It can be traced back to sorūd meaning "song", "melody", "hymn" and further to the Persian verb sorūdan, which correspondingly means "to sing", "to play a musical instrument", but also means "to compose". Alternatively, the šāh ( rūd (string). Many scholars of Indian classical music believe that the sarod is a combination of the ancient Although the sarod has been referred to as a " Among the many conflicting and contested histories of the sarod, there is one that attributes its invention to the ancestors of the present-day sarod maestro, Design [ ] The design of the instrument depends on the school ( The conventional sarod is a 17 to 25-stringed lute-like instrument—four to five main strings used for playing the melody, one or two drone strings, two chikari strings and nine to eleven sympathetic strings. The design of this early model is generally credited to Niyamatullah Khan of the Lucknow Gharana as well as Ghulam Ali Khan of the Gwalior-Bangash Gharana. Among the contemporary sarod players, this basic design is kept intact by two streams of sarod playing. Amjad Ali Khan and his disciples play this model, as do the followers of Radhika Mohan Maitra. Both Amjad Ali Khan and Buddhadev Dasgupta have introduced minor changes to their respective instruments which have become the design templates for their followers. Both musici...