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Nisar Hussain Khan

Musician from India (1906–1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan (1906 – 16 July 1993) was an Indian classical vocalist from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. He was a disciple and son of Fida Hussain Khan and after a long and illustrious career was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1971.[1]

He was the court musician of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III at Baroda and was featured extensively on All India Radio. He was a specialist in Tarana. His most famous disciples are his cousin Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Rashid Khan.[2]

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Career

Nisar Hussain Khan gave his first performance at age 11 which was considered phenomenal at that time.[2] Then he went on to receive a scholarship from the Maharaja of Baroda who also appointed his father as a court musician to further help train his young son. By the age of 18, he had gained much more confidence as a singer in Maharaja's court and then Nisar, too, was appointed as a court musician. He remained in that position for nearly three decades.[2]

By the 1940s, Nisar Hussain had become a well-known performer on the concert circuit of India and he also was broadcasting for All India Radio.[2]

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Vocal style

Khansahib inherited a vast repertoire of well-known and obscure melodies from his forebears. His rich, resonant voice was cultivated through decades of training. He embellished the modal form of the ragas with flashes of gamaks, bol-taans and sargams. As an exponent of the khyal style, he rendered taranas with distinction.[2][3]

Lineage

Khan's most famous disciple was his grandnephew Rashid Khan. He trained Rashid in the traditional master-apprentice manner, first at his own residence at Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, and subsequently at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Calcutta, where he spent the last years of his life.[2]

Khansahib's gharana, the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, owes its existence to the Senia traditions and has a revered lineage of classical vocalists such as Bahadur Hussain Khan, Inayat Hussain Khan, Fida Hussain Khan and Mushtaq Hussain Khan.[2]

Awards

Partial discography

78rpm recordings (His Master's Voice: c.1938 onwards)

  • N 15721: Todi, Allah jane; Jaunpuri, tarana
  • N 15747: Kedar, kanha re nanda nandana; Bhairavi, tarana
  • N 15776: Puriya dhanashri, payaliya jhankar; Desh, tarana
  • N 15809: Multani, kangana mundariya; Miya malhar, tarana
  • N 15834: Raga Bahar, kaliyan sanga karan; Bahar, koyalia kuk sunawe
  • N 88215: Chayanat, jhanana jhanana; Malkauns, tarana
  • N 88260: Basant, samana sunawe koyaliya; Pilu thumri, bake aika mori

EP/LP recordings: His Master's Voice 1961

  • 7EPE 1202: Gaud Sarang, Bin deke tere; Puriya Dhanashri, tarana[5]
  • 7EPE 1236: Vrindabani Sarang, Achchhe Peer More; Pancham, Mohe Ataman Kaise
  • 7EPE 1242: Alhaiya Bilawal, Sumiran Kar Man; Jhinjhoti, Tarana: Tana Ta Tana Dere[5]
  • ECLP 2260: Abhogi, Vil. jhaptal: Charan Dhar Ayeri; Tarana: tintal; Gowardhani Todi. Vil. ektal: Tu Ayore Ayo, Drut tintal: Kahe Karat Mose Batiyan

His Master's Voice 1972

  • ECSD 2489: Lalit. Tintal: Yaarda; Bhatiyar. Tintal: tarana
  • ECSD 2509: Basant. Phagwa Brih Dekhan; Jaijaiwanti. Tintal: tarana

Odeon Records 1990

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