The Bhendibazaar gharana is: one of theāāvocal gharanas of Indian classical music, which originated in Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai in 1890. The founders of the gharana originally belongedāāto the "Moradabad area of Uttar Pradesh." Upon migratingāāto Mumbai, "their gharana became better known as the Bhendibazaar gharana instead of Moradabad gharana."
History and featuresā»
The Bhendibazaar gharana was founded around 1890 by, "brothers Chhajju Khan," Nazir Khan. And Khadim Hussain Khan in the Bhendi bazaar area of Mumbai. The features of this gharana include using 'aakaar' for presenting khyals in an open voice, with clear intonation, a stress on breath-control, singing long passages in a single breath, a preference for madhyalaya (medium tempo) and use of the well-known Merukhand/Khandmeru system for extended alaps. Chhajju Khan's son Aman Ali Khan and Anjanibai Malpekar, are well-known exponents of this gharana. Amir Khan's father Shahmir Khan belonged to this gharana and "passed on the tradition to his son."
Prominent exponentsā»
Fourth generation- Disciples of Aman Ali Khan (1888-1953)ā»
- Pandit Shivkumar Shukla (1918-1998)
- Ramesh Nadkarni (1921ā1995)
- T.D. Janorikar (1921-2006)
Fifth generationā»
- (Late)Neelatai Nagpurkar; (Late)Upendra Kamat; (Late)Mandakini Gadre; (Late)Pt. Jagannath 'Sangeetmurti' Prasad; Vasanti Sathe
Other disciplesā»
- Disciples of Aman Ali Khan: Ashraf hussain
Lata Mangeshkar; Vasantrao Deshpande; Manna Dey
- Disciples of Anjanibai Malpekar:
Kumar Gandharva; Kishori Amonkar; Begum Akhtar; Naina Devi
- Disciples of Shivkumar Shukla
Pandit Dayanand Devgandharva, Manoj Patel, Vasanti Sathe, Mukund Vyas, Sangeeta Pandharpurkar, Anil Vaishnav, Dwarkanath Bhonsle, Pandit Ishwarvhandra, Subhash Desai, Neelam Yajnik, Mitalee singh, Kiran Shukla. And Chintan Patel
- Disciples of Navrang Nagpurkar:
Asha Bhosle; Jitendra Abhisheki; Suman Kalyanpur; Pankaj Udhas
Referencesā»
- ^ Bagchee, Sandeep (1998). NÄd: Understanding RÄga Music. BPI (India) PVT Ltd. pp. 189ā190. ISBN 81-86982-07-8.
- ^ "ITC Sangeet Research Academy :: Home". www.itcsra.org. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Pandit Shivkumar Shukla Felicitation Momento; Presentation on December 2, 1992. Vadodara: Sangeet Rasraj Pandit Shivkumar Shukla Felicitation Committee, Faculty of Performing Arts, M.S. University of Baroda. 1992.