Basuri Flute Player
Basuri (flute) player with cowrie (glossy shell of a mollusk) decorations, Madhya Pradesh |  |
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Ladies Playing Drums
Detail from a Rajput Miniature Painting |
Musicans in Moghul Court
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Mallikarjun Mansur
Picture of Mallikarjun Mansur, a great Hindustani classical singer of Jaipur Gharana |
Bendre and Mansoor
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The Musical Instrument of Tanpura
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Man Playing Dhak Instrument, Eastern India
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Vocalist Gangubai Hanagal
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The Raga of Bengal
Illustration from a musical text |  |
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Musicians of Mogul Period
Detail from a Moghul miniature painting |
Sawai Gandharva Gawayi
Gandharva is a great Indian classical musician belonging to Kirana Gharana.He is a guru to Gangubai Hanagal and Bhimsen Joshi |  |
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Woman with String Instrument
Notice a parrot on her shoulders |
Lady with a String Instrument
Detail from an Indian painting |  |
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The Titti Musical Instrument
Made from the skin of a baby cow, one end is blow horn, and the other is a flute. The performer alternates between the two and narrates stories when the pouch slow releases the air. |
Golden Voices of Yesteryears
Detail from a commemorative postage stamp |  |
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Five Faced Drum
Government Museum, Chennai |
Entertainment for the King
Royalty patronized Indian musians and was primarily responsible for development of Indian music |  |
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Mushtaq Hussain Khan
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Suman Kalyanpur
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Somanath Maradur
Maradur is a disciple of Basavaraj Rajaguru in Hindustani classical vocal music |
Ustad Faiyaz Khan
Distinguished Hindustani classical vocalist, court of Maharaja, Mysore |  |
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Vocalist Siddheshwari Devi (1903-1977)
One of the four pillar of Tumri and Khayal, she learnt from her aunt Rajeshwari Devi, whose royal patron was Shayajji Rao Gaikwad, the Maharaja of Baroda. |
Hindustani Classical Vocalist Vilayat Hussain Khan
Related to Fayyaz Khan of Baroda, his son Younus Khan was also a great singer. |  |
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The Nagara and Choughada Drums
The Nagara, temple percussion instrument |
A Meeting of Minds...
From Left: from left: Ashok Bajpai, Mohan Nadkarni, Kumar Gandharva, Naushad,Mani Kaul, Jappar Patel Picture circa 1986 |  |
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Bhimsen Joshi Delineating a Raaga
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Sarangi Musical Instrument
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Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (1922-2009)
Son of Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbhar Khan himself a great musician of India. He established a school for Sarod. |
Ram Narayan, felicitating Ustad Abdul Latif khan
At Sarangi Sammelan, Bhopal, 1993 |  |
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Maestros Ravishankar (Sitar) and Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod)
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Ustad Allauddin Khan
Khan was a versatile Musician |  |
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M.S. Subbulakshmi (1916-2004)
Subbulakshmi was a renowned vocalist in the Carnatic Classical style |
Omkarnath Thakur
Notice the absence of harmonium and the august presence of Sarangi |  |
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Annapurna Devi
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