classical Music
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What German composer Bach has in common with the Indian dhrupad genre
George Ruckert
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Remembering Acharya Bach, the ‘last Asian composer’ of Western classical music
George Ruckert
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Listen: Rare recordings of the remarkable Khaprumama Parvatkar, who mastered the maths of rhythm
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Sarangi master Ram Narayan experiments with raags, rhythm and pace
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: These performances show Pakistani sarangi maestro Nathu Khan’s mastery over the technique
Aneesh Pradhan
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How Amjad Ali Khan thinks of classical music in the pop-digital-social-media age
Amjad Ali Khan
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Listen: Swift, melodic and precise, Banaras gharana’s Gopal Mishra works wonders with the sarangi
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: A disciple pays tribute to Bundu Khan, the maestro who could do wonders with the sarangi
Aneesh Pradhan
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'How do artists stay inspired in a chaotic world?': A critic's long association with Kishori Amonkar
Veejay Sai
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Listen: A young Ravi Shankar playing in his brother's orchestra during a 1937 US tour
Aneesh Pradhan
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How a Maharashtrian cattle-grazer taught himself the intricacies of Hindustani music
Sumana Ramanan
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Listen: Begum Akhtar's captivating performances of dadras in raag Kafi
Aneesh Pradhan
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Why Gwalior gharana vocalist Sharad Sathe occupies a remarkable position in Hindustani music
Siddhartha Chaudhuri
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Listen: Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Siddheshwari Devi sing the swift and melodic tappa in raag Kafi
Aneesh Pradhan
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Goa’s Western classical music tradition is witnessing a revival, 500 years after its birth
Vivek Menezes
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In the land of bhangra, a town is keeping alive Punjab’s lost classical music gharanas
V. Dikshit
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Watch: This six-minute symphony is a clever classical music mashup which cannot touch the originals
Scroll Staff
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Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1927-2017): The last of the four pillars of sitar’s golden age falls
Sumana Ramanan
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From iPad to Keytar: A new generation of Carnatic musicians are embracing technology
Vinita Govindarajan
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Listen: Decoding the shruti, the smallest detectable note in Indian classical music
Aneesh Pradhan