| Indian Classic
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The roots of Indian Classic Music
stretch back over 5000 years. 2000 years ago the
purpose of Indian Classical Music was a spiritual
one, rooted in the hindu vedas which said that the
music was divine in origin. Over the years Indian
Classical Music picked up influences from Persian,
Greek and Indian folk music, and evolved into an
entertainment art form whilst still retaining some
of its meditative heritage
A raga is the melodic form upon which the musician
improvises and is established by tradition and continually
to evolving through the inspirational creativity
of master musicians. Indian Classical music is therefore
very different from the tradition western idea of
set musical pieces and this leads to a very different
teaching style known as the Guru Shishya parampara.
The Guru Shishya tradition is primarily an oral
one, taught directly by the teacher to the pupil
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on set pieces.
Sitar, sarod, tabla, sarangi or dhrupad, khayal,
ghazal or raga, tala, gharana- these are known the
world over today. They represent Hindustani Art
Music - in reality, a part of Indian Classical music.
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Music in India,
and especially art music, went through a metamorphosis
for four centuries from the sixteenth, to result
in the Hindustani music of today. This modern
period saw an increasing number of musicological
works in Persian, Urdu, Hindi and other regional
languages, instead of Sanskrit. All these tell
us the story of how Hindustani Art Music, as we
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| Indian Classical Singers |
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Dr Balamurali Krishna |
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M.S.Subbalakshmi |
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Muthuswami Dikshitar |
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi |
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Pandit Jasraj |
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Swami Haridas |
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Swati |
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Tirunal |
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Tansen |
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Thyagaraja |
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Ustad Alla-Uddin Khan |
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Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan |
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| Composers & Playback Singers |
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Asha Bhonsle |
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A.R.Rahman |
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Dr K.J. Yesuda |
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K.S.Chitra |
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Lata Mangeshkar |
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K.L.Saigal |
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Mukesh S.Janaki |
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Mohammed Rafi |
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Kishore Kumar |
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| Indian Instrumentalists |
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Dr L. Subramaniam |
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Lalgudi Jayaraman |
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Hari Prasad Chaurasia |
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Pandit Ravi Shankar |
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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma |
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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan |
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Ustad Bismillah Khan |
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Ustad Zakir Hussain |
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| Indian Dance |
The Indian Dance
was created in the beginning of Treta Yug by Lord
Brahma on the request of Lord Indra and other
demigods as an object of diversion. The dance
was first seen at the Flag Festival of Lord Indra
to celebrate the victory of the demigods against
the Devils. Lord Shiva learnt the Tandava (masculine)
form of the dance, whereas Parvati, his consort
learnt the Lasya (feminine) form.
Prior to the creation of the Natya
Veda, Brahma entered a yogic trance in which
he recalled the four Vedas.
· Sama Vedas
· Yajur Vedas.
· Rig Vedas.
· Atharav Vedas.
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The common root of all classical dance forms
can be traced to Bharatha's NATYASASTRA.
It is a common text for all the Indian dance
forms. It contains the different kinds of postures,
the hand movements each depicting a particular
meaning, and about the construction of stage,
makeup and about orchestra. India offers a number
of classical dance forms, each of which can
be traced to different parts of the country.
Each form represents the culture and ethos of
a particular region or a group of people. The
most famous classical forms are BHARATANATYAM
of Tamilnadu, KATHAKALI and
MOHINIYATTAM of Kerala, ODISSI
of Orissa, KATHAK of Uttarpradesh,
KUCHIPUDI of Andhrapradesh
and MANIPURI of Manipur.
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