- Agra gharana
= Introduction =
Agra Gharana is a tradition of North Indian Classical Vocal Music descended from theNauhar Bani . So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 A.D., during the reign of EmperorAllauddin Khilji ofDelhi .The first known musician of this tradition is Nayak Gopal. The style prevalent then in the Gharana was “Dhrupad-Dhamar”. Ustad Ghagghe Khudabuksh (1790-1880 AD) introduced the “Khayal” style of
Gwalior Gharana into Agra Gharana. Furthermore theKhayal style ofAtrauli Gharana was added in the late 19th century.This is the only Gharana that has still continued to sing Dhrupad-Dhamar along with
Nom-Tom Alap,Khayal ,Thumri ,Tappa ,Tarana ,Hori ,Dadra ,Ghazal , Kaul,Rasiya etc.Prominent Figures
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Ustad Ghagghe Khudhabaksh
*Ustad Mehboob Khan "Daras Piya"
*Ustad Kale Khan "Saras Piya"
*Ustad Ghulam Abbas Khan
*UstadFaiyaz Khan "Prem Piya" (1880 - 1950)
*UstadVilayat Hussain Khan "Pran Piya"
*UstadKhadim Hussain Khan "Sajan Piya"
*UstadLatafat Hussain Khan "Prem Das"
*UstadSharafat Hussain Khan "Prem Rang"
*UstadYunus Hussain Khan "Darpan"
*Zohrabai (1868-1913)
*PanditPt. Yash Paul Ji "Sagun Piya". He received education in music vocal from U. Vilayat Husain Khan, Ustad Yunus Husain Khan and other Ustads of Agra Gharana of that time listed here. http://www.raagsarita.com/yp.html
*ShrimatiLalit Rao References
* [http://www.agragharana.com Agra Gharana website]
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