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THE DHRUPAD OF THE DAGAR BANI
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Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar Ustad Allabande Rahimuddin
Khan Dagar
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(III° Millennio - 2003) - n.2 CDs
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Dhrupad is a
genre pertaining to the classical tradition of
Northern Indian. It came out of the XV century characterized as
devotional music. Originally, the dhrupad was a vocal form
practiced among the congregations of followers of the god Vishnu.
The practice of the dhrupad was handed down from the few musical
families know as the gharana, who jealously guarded the
transmission. The Khan Dagar family is the longest-living family
that the history of Indian music recollects. Throughout the
centuries, the Khan family took pride in preserving the
particular performance style of the dhrupad: the Dagar Bani, one
of the four medieval styles in which the dhrupad was anciently
performed.
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CD 1 The recording
has been
made in New Delhi on May 2002 and it performed by
Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar , the only
son of Ustad Allabande Rahimuddin
Khan Dagar. The master was born in 1927 in Alwar where his
father resided as a court musician for the local sovereignty. On
this recording the pakhawaj player is Pandit Dalchand Sharma,
disciple of Acharya Pandit Totaram Sharma and of the famous
maestro Purushottam Das.
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CD 2 Unfortunately, there is scarce documentation of
musical activity of Ustad Allabande
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar, often recorded with non-professional
equipment, therefore never having guaranteed a decent sound
recording. Part of this patrimony is in the hands of Ustad Rahim
Fahimuddin Khan Dagar, his only son and disciple, to whom we can
thank for the possibility of publishing the present recordings
of Raga Asavari and Darbari Kanara. The recordings were
performed to the beginning of the 70's in the occasion of
private concerts in the house of Laxmi Narayan Pitti, a
businnessman of Bombay. Ustad Allabande Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
performed accompanied by the pakhawaj of Pandit Gopal Das, and
on the vina by the young Ustad Asad Ali Khan.
