India's heritage of gharana music : Pandits of Gwalior /
Dr Meeta Pandit.
- 256 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 x 30 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).
India's Heritage of Gharana Music: Pandits of Gwalior is about the history of the Gwalior gharana. Gwalior's rise to being known as the cultural capital of India owes it to the patronage that it enjoyed in pre- independence times leading to the blossoming of two important styles in the music of north India, namely dhrupad and khayal.
Gwalior was the abode of music. There was a saying that even when a child in Gwalior cries, he cries in sur. The patronage by the two dynasties namely the Tomars and the Scindias, made it possible to reach its pinnacle. This book is about the transition from dhrupad to khayal style in north Indian classical music and from the Khans to the Pandits.
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Hindustani music--History and criticism.--India--Gwalior Vocal music--History and criticism.--India--Gwalior Musicians--India--Gwalior--Biography.