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*Ut. Anwar Hussain Khan
*Ut. Anwar Hussain Khan
*Ut. Azmat Hussain Khan "Dil Rang"
*Ut. Azmat Hussain Khan "Dil Rang"
*Pt. Madhusudan Joshi of Baroda (foremost disciple of Ut. Atta Hussain Khan)
*Pt. Madhusudan Joshi of Baroda (seniormost disciple of Ut. Atta Hussain Khan)
*Pt. Shrikrishna (Babanrao) Haldankar "Raspiya"
*Pt. Shrikrishna (Babanrao) Haldankar "Raspiya"
*Pt. Arun Kashalkar "Rasdas"
*Pt. Arun Kashalkar "Rasdas"

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Agra Gharana is a tradition of Hindustani 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 which Khudabaksh learnt from Natthan Paribaksh of Gwalior. Furthermore the Khayal style of Atrauli Gharana was added in the late 19th century.

Distinguishing characteristics

The gayaki of the Agra Gharana is a blend of khayal gayaki and Dhrupad - Dhamar. In training, both the khayal and dhrupad components run hand in hand and are not taught in an isolated fashion. This is obvious from the svaroccara (The method of singing notes) of the Agra Gharana which demands that the projection of voice be more forceful and voluminous than encountered in khayal gayaki.The svarocarra of the gharana also hints the reminiscent of Dhrupad in which swaras are uttered open and bare (without grace notes).

Most khayal performances by artists of Agra gharana commence with the nom - tom alaap, a tradition unique to the Agra gharana. Different facets of a raga are displayed with the help of bandish or cija while the raga is liberated using vistaar. The use of bandish or cija for performing a raga is ubiquitous in all Hindustani classical music gharanas but cija or bandish occupy a special position in the teaching methodology of the Agra Gharana.

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

References

  1. ^ Alaap - Agra Gharana
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