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	SITAR SCHOOL OF TORONTO
		Amir Khan disregarded the age-old, conventional traditions, and with his intelligence and talent evolved an entirely original style of presentation.
		Amir Khan was born at Indore in 1912.
		Amir Khan was very keen on establishing this theory by carrying out research to unravel the hidden meanings of the tarana.
	www.sitarschool.com /n2.htm (574 words)

	The Gharana History - Ustad Rashid Khan
		Ustad Mushtaq Hussain's father was the son of the first, while Ustad Inayat Hussain's father was the third son of the second.
		Mehboob Khan is said to have performed khayals in a simple style with an emphasis on tappa-style taans, which can be taken to be an indication of his affiliation to the Gwalior khayal gharana which introduced this kind of taan and also the tappa genre itself.
		This was at the time of Nawab Yusuf Ali and the chief court musicians were sursringar maestro Ustad Bahadur Hussain (expired 1870) of the Rababi gharana believed to have originated from the youngest son of Mian Tansen and Ustad Amir Khan of the Beenkar gharana believed to have descended from Tansen's daughter.
	www.ustadrashidkhan.com /gharana_hist.htm (1248 words)

	Indiaclub.com: Legends - Ustad Amir Khan (MUSIC CD) : Music
		This is the case with Ustad Amir Khan(1912-1974), an important figure in the khayal gyaki in the mid 20th century.
		Amir Khan was born at Kalanaur in Indore in April 1912.
		Amir Khan created a fresh ideology in the Hindustani raga tradition which was so powerful that it directly or indirectly influenced a large number of subsequent artists and styles.
	www.indiaclub.com /shop/searchresults.asp?prodstock=14522 (678 words)

	South Asian Women's Forum
		Ustad Amir Khan in the height of his form and fame, was tragically killed in a car accident.
		Amir Khan's forte was the exaggeratedly slow or ati vilambit Khayal which he developed in a most leisurely mood with deep serenity and contemplativeness.
		Amir Khan continued to be a very simple individual "accessible to all and sundry", and he never assumed any airs like some of his contemporaries.
	www.sawf.org /newedit/edit07232001/amirkhan.htm (3818 words)

	Delhi Magazine, Amir Khan
		Amir Khan had done to Yaman what he had earlier done to Raga Marwa, Megh, Hamsadhwani and Nand: he has made it all his own.
		The true genius of Amir Khan lies not in his classicism and traditionalism (he was a master of both yet disregrded them at will) but in the revolutionary changes he brought into the very mode of Raga presentation and singing style.
		A young admirer of Ustad asserted that Amir Khan was perhaps the greatest musicians of this tradition that we know of.
	www.indowindow.net /delhimagazine/sanam/amirkhan/intro.htm (792 words)

	MIRKHAND AND AMIR KHAN
		Amir Khan's bistar plumbed untold depths In ragas through an especially penetrating concentration on their emphasized notes and characlerlsttc phrases.
		Focusing on these details reveals the deftness of Amir Khan's minutiae: to vary the approaches to and departures from important notes is continually to refine their evocative power.
		It appears that Amir Khan employed m1rkhand obliquely to meet the rupa or formal demands of each raga.8 The way in which these sometimes inimical forces interact in Khansahab's music is, I hope, clearer through the examples presented here.
	caferisko.ca /ak/MERUKHAND.html (3745 words)

	Indian Melody : Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan - An Article
		That night the Ustad was flanked by his disciple Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar on the right and his son on the left as tanpura accompanists.
		Khan Saheb explained how just a slight change of half a note in the structure of the octave changes the raga from a morning to an evening one.
		Khan Saheb however added that this theory was based on his observations of general practices.
	www.indianmelody.com /badearticle1.htm (4622 words)

	Ustad Rashid Khan - Austin - May 10, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ustad Rashid Khan is the youngest representative of a distinguished Rampur/Sahaswan Garana and a successor to Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Ustad Amir Khan.
		He is the great-grandson of the legendary Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan of Rampur, was groomed by his great-uncle Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan.
		A notable achievement of Ustad Rashid Khan is the infusion of an emotional content into his melodic elaboration.
	www.icmca.org /artistes/rashidkhan/rashid.html (218 words)

	SRUTI-India's premier music and dance magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Amir Khan would in fact insist that the paramount aim of music is not just to entertain but to tranquilize and elevate our minds.
		Two of these (nos., 4, 5) relate to Amir Khan's gayaki; no. 7 is devoted to his life, and another, no. 8 to his personality.
		The maestro as a teacher is the subject of chapter 9; and chapters 10 and 11 relate, respectively, to some of Amir Khan's recitals, the many accolades that he deservedly won, and his contribution as a playback singer.
	www.sruti.com /Aug05/bshelf.htm (1016 words)

	Ustaad Amir Khan
		Amir Khan's presentation was always thoughtful and methodi- cal and he rarely indulged in repetitive phrases.
		Amir Khan was giving tuitions to some of these singing girls for his living and therefore had to stay in one of the buildings on the third floor.
		Bade Gulam Ali, Alla Diya Khan, Amir Khan, Kesarbai Kerkar, rajaballi, Amanat Ali, all these and others of that generation had extremely old fashioned, conservative outlooks and were peculiarly obstinate when it came to recording their talents.
	www.chembur.com /anecdotes/amirkhan.htm (1431 words)

	The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore / Music : The sarangiya's song
		Ustad Sultan Khan, the legendary sarangiya who is a gifted vocalist also, is comfortable with both classical as well as fusion music
		The Ustad appears to have no clue about his greatness as he quietly follows Zakir Hussain, the tabla virtuoso, for their performance for Concern India Foundation in Bangalore.
		His father Ustad Gulab Khan was both a sarangiya and a vocalist.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2005/01/11/stories/2005011101010400.htm (922 words)

	Tabla Nawaz Ustad Shaik Dawood
		Ustad Shaik Dawood accompaning Ustad Niaz Ahmed and Faiyaz Ahmed Khan.
		Ustad Shaik Dawood accompaning Ustad Hafiz Ahmed Khan
		Ustad Shaik Dawood accompaning Pandit Sidhiram Jadhav and Sri Anthony Mathews (Sundari and Violin Jugalbandi)
	www.tablaustaddawood.com /musicClips.html (388 words)

	We will remember the Ustad like Sant Kabir
		Ustad Bismillah Khan will be remembered even after a century as we remember Sant Kabir.
		The Ustad reluctantly played Dil ka khilona on his shehnai but he cleverly improvised the tune and turned it into a pure classical piece.
		The Ustad was humble and simple in his habits and his nobility was reflected in his music.
	in.rediff.com /news/2006/aug/21ustad.htm (775 words)

	BBC - World Review - Ustad Vilayat Khan, Inayat
		The review mentions that one of the compositions played by Ustad Vilayat khan is that of SAROD legend Amir Khan.Not wanting to sound too critical of the "review " but with a little bit of research it may be found that Amir Khan sarod legend would be very difficult to find.
		The vocal meastro Ustad Amir Khan is indeed an important source of inspiration to Ustad Vilayat Khan and the Etawa Gharana.
		Ustad Vilayat Khan is a living legend and his contributions to the sitar should never be understated.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/release/qxqv (1492 words)

	The Senia traditionist, Sitarist Prateek Chaudhuri, son of Padma Bhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri
		Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan joined as a core musician in Jaunpur state in U.P. but quit early, to continue his mission in life.
		Khan Sahab had his lineage with fifth vani, called DHANDVANI named after one of the fore fathers.
		When my father Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan was six years old, my grand father Ustad Sadaq Ali Khan, son of Jaggu Khan died so his uncle Waras Ali Khan taught him all inticacies of BEENA on the SURBAHAR.
	prateekchaudhuri.com /ustadmustaq.htm (787 words)

	FreeMarriage.com - Amir Khan.
		Amir Khan is Among the Most Adored and Talented Actor of the Bollywood Scene.
		Ustaad Amir Khan - The death of Ustad Amir Khan in a tragic motor accident in Calcutta a few years ago has created a void in the world of Hindustani classical music.
		Ustad Amir Khan (1912-1974 As an innovative singer Ustad Amir Khan has no equals in the later part of 20th century.
	www.freemarriage.com /links/film_actors/amir_khan.php (469 words)

	Asian Music Circuit \| Artists
		Ustad Amir Khan's style was renowned for its closeness to the techniques of rabaab playing.
		Ultimately, Purnima Sen learnt from the late Ustad Sharafat Husain Khan, one of the great maestros of North Indian classical music: this was where she developed her skills and gayaki (vocal style).
		Hanif Khan is the son and disciple of the illustrious and highly renowned master of tabla, Ustad Hidayat Khan.
	www.amc.org.uk /artists/index.htm (3984 words)

	Bismillah Khan News
		In this article you had showered lot of praise for late Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan which he deserve, but your attempt to portray Ustad as spokesperson of Muslim society in India is difficult to...
		Ustad Bismillah Khan represented the bridge between classical music as nurtured in the royal courts and its popular version presented on proscenium stages of the world.
		August 21, 2006 The legendary Indian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib was the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest...
	www.topix.net /who/bismillah-khan?scoring=d (651 words)

	Pandit Devendra Murdeshwar
		Omkarnath Thakur, Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan, Ustad Aman Ali Khan, Pt.
		The great moment in his quest of music came when Murdeshwar chanced to hear the inimitable flute maestro, Pannalal Ghosh, a disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan of Maihar in 1947 while he was still learning under Ustad Amir Hussain Khan and was known as an accomplished Tabla player.
		And it was his great Ustad, Tabla Maestro Amir Hussein Khan who put a word for Devendra to Pannalal Gosh and was accepted as disciple.
	music.calarts.edu /~bansuri/pages/devendra.html (1039 words)

	Down Melody Lane..::..Classical Legends.::.Ustad Amir Khan
		Born at Indore in 1912 to a family of musicians, he was trained in Sarangi by his father Shamir Khan and later under Ustad Rajab Ali Khan of the Bhendibazar Gharana in vocals.
		He was also influenced by Kirana masters Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahim Khan, especially latter's treatment of raga in slow tempo.
		Later Amir Khan evolved his own style of singing very slow or ati vilambit Khayal which he developed in a most leisurely mood with deep serenity and contemplativeness for which he was to become most famous.
	www.downmelodylane.com /amirkhan.html (224 words)

	hsundar - taraanaas and thillaanaas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is generally believed that Tarana is a composition of meaningless syllables followed sometimes by the bols (words coined to denote the various sounds of instruments) of the tabla and minimal lyrics.
		Ustad Amir Khan, however did not agree with the popular notion that the tarana was just a tongue-twisting exercise with a meaningless cluster of words, involving a lot of vocal jugglery in an ever-increasing tempo.
		According to him it was Hazrat Amir Khusro who invented the tarana.
	hsundar.googlepages.com /ontaraanaasandthillaanaas (1102 words)

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		This, my personal web-page, is a tribute to Ustad Amir Khan, one of the most important Hindustani Classical vocalists and a singer I greatly admire.
		Coming back to Ustad Amir Khan, most of the things that I know about his music are through reading.
		Ustadji was born in 1912 and had his initial training from his father, Ustad Shamir Khan, a Sarangi player employed in the court of the Maharaja of Indore.
	www.geocities.com /jaysrinivas (2752 words)

	CD Baby: RASHID KHAN: Voice of india
		Like many of the great vocalists before him, Rashid Khan has always been prepared to incorporate the best from other gharanas into his renditions, striving to add Raga Malkauns is a majestic pentatonic raga, using only five motes and is traditionally associated with the late night.
		Rashid Khan goes on to sing three other compositions in the same raga, expressing a soulfulness which is enhanced by the depth of his rich and sonorous voice.
		This composition was made famous by legendary vocalist Ustad Amir Khan and was written by the prolific court musician Adarang in the eighteenth century.
	cdbaby.com /cd/rashidkhan (865 words)

	User Reviews and comparison blog on Ustad Amir Khan - The Legend Lives On - Music by Raghav25 on MouthShut.com
		A tradition which finds no contradiction in the ustad, a devout muslim, playing the shehnai every morning at the Kashi Balji temple with the same piety with which he reads his namaz.
		Actually, it is not the instrument – shehnai, it is Khan sahib who reverberates in a concert hall.
		No wonder that shehnai as an individual musical instrument was never played in classical music conference of India till Ustad Bismillah Khan appeared in the scene and it may not be played anymore as he would be gone.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Ustad_Amir_Khan_-_The_Legend_Lives_On-87160-1.html (742 words)

	Tabla Nawaz Ustad Shaik Dawood
		Omkarnath Thakur, Janab M A Raoof, Ustad Barkat Ali Khan, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan, Ustad Sharafat Hussain Khan, Ustad Sarfaraz Hussain Khan, Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan, Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan, Pt.
		Ustad Allauddin Khan, Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, Ustad Bahadur Khan, Ustad Ali Akber Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pt.
		Ustad Shakoor Khan, Ustad Bade Sabri Khan, Pt.Ram Narayan, Ustad Ghulam Jaffer Khan, Ustad Bindu Khan, Ustad Mullaji Khader Baksh, Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan, Ustad Qhayam Hussain Khan, Ustad Chanda Hussaini, Ustad Sultan Khan, Sri Sayeed ur Rehman, Sri Babulal Chauhan.
	www.tablaustaddawood.com /artists.html (464 words)

	Ustad Amir Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amir Khan (1912-1974), born in a family of musicians in Indore, India, was a well-known Hindustani classical vocalist.
		He is considered to be one of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music during the 20th century, together with Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
		He developed his own singing style and helped popularise taranas, as well as compositions in Persian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ustad_Amir_Khan (146 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
		He added: ?For the past few years, we have had no students of sarengi at our institute because the instrument is dying a slow death.
		Ustad Sultan Khan?s recital on the first day will be our way of underlining our intention.?
		This will be followed by Pandit Basant Kabra?s sarod recital and a vocal performance by Gokul Utsav Maharaj, whose music promises to take fans of Ustad Amir Khan on a journey down memory lane.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041118/asp/calcutta/story_4015077.asp (376 words)

	Press Coverage - Ustad Rashid Khan
		Bhimsen Joshi is believed to have said of him 'there is now at least one person in sight who is an assurance for the furure of Indian vocal music'.
		His concert in the second evening of the festival was one of the most memorable vocal recitals heard in Lucknow in recent times; so captivated was the audience that twice when he tried to conclude his concert, they flooded him with requests which he gladly fulfilled.
		"..who would have thought that Rashid Khan would become the cult figure on the classical circuit when he has barely crossed into his twenties.
	www.ustadrashidkhan.com /biography_cover.htm (422 words)

	Anand Foundation New Delhi - Promoting Fellowship through music performing and fine arts
		Besides accompaniment, it is also an instrument that has vast potentialities as a solo instrument, and it is thanks to the efforts of stalwarts like Ustad Bundu Khan and Pandit Ram Narayan that the Sarangi has found place in the Hindustani music pantheon as a solo instrument.
		The society is headed by Sarangi maestro Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan, who presently gives to tutelage to a number of Sarangi players and some vocalists in Delhi.
		Red Earth is devoted to designing events such as performances, talks, and workshops and fostering artistic and cultural activity in various other ways like publications and art exhibitions; with a premium on aestheticism and innovation.
	www.anandfoundation.com /saurangi.asp (939 words)

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