Agra gharana

Agra Gharana is a tradition of North Indian Classical Vocal Music descended from the Nauhar Bani. So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 AD, during the reign of Emperor Allauddin Khilji of Delhi.

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 the Khayal style of Atrauli 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.

Some Prominent Exponents

• Ustad Ghagghe Khudhabaksh
• Ustad Mehboob Khan "Daras Piya"
• Ustad Kale Khan "Saras Piya"
• Ustad Ghulam Abbas Khan
• Ustad Faiyaz Khan "Prem Piya" (1880–1950)
• Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan "Pran Piya"
• Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan "Sajan Piya"
• Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan "Prem Das"
• Ustad Sharafat Hussain Khan "Prem Rang"
• Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan "Sajan Piya"
• Pandit Shrikrishna (Babanrao) Haldankar "Raspiya"
• Pandit Arun Kashalkar "Rasdas"
• Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan "Darpan"
• Zohrabai (1868–1913)
• Pandit Yashpaul "Sagunpiya"
• Pandit Ramarao Naik
• Pt.Harish Chander Bali
• Prof Satya Dev Sharma Jallandhar wale
• Smt.Lalith J. Rao
• Ustad Asad Ali Khan
• Pandit Vijay Kichlu
• Pandit Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar
• Pandit SCR.Bhatt
• Pandit K.G.Ginde
• Pandit Chidanand.Nagarkar
• Pandit Dinkar Kaikini
• Smt. Sumati Mutatkar
• Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki
• Moni Babu (Manindralal Sengupta) Click here for some wonderful agra* gharana alaaps
• Pandit Madhusudan Joshi of Baroda

References

• Agra Gharana website
• AGSA World website
• http://www.alaap-agragharana.com Another Website on Agra Gharana