Acts Of Retrieval
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Acts of Retrieval: A ghazal by Mehdi Hassan & the art of improvisation in Hindustani classical music
In a mushaira, a poet reciting their ghazal will repeat a line for effect. But Hassan, in a performance of ‘Kaise Chhupaun Raaz e Gham’, previcarates.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Peak Jasraj: Remembering the Hindustani vocalist’s contribution to the ethos of artistic modernity
The musician created a deeply idiosyncratic, original and modern version of the sophistication of court culture.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Remembering Mogubai Kurdikar, who mastered the art of perfectionism and self-containment
The vocalist is not as widely heard as she should be – but perhaps that’s by design.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Remembering Uma Bose, who presaged a new era for vocal music
‘The Nightingale of Bengal’ died of tuberculosis on her 21st birthday.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Listening to the makeshift abandon of DV Paluskar’s Raag Shree
The maestro’s final recording before he died at the age of 34 is paradoxically alive.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Recordings by vocalist Salamat Ali Khan remind us how precise and beautiful the unimaginable can be
He had no peer in Hindustani classical music.
Amit Chaudhuri
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