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The word Dhrupad, or Dhruvatar in Sanskrit comes from two words – Dhruvatara which means “the evening star” or the star that is fixed and never trembles and “pada” which means work or poetry. Hence Dhrupad means “the true song” or the “song of truth”. Dhrupad is a form of Hindustani Classical music. This is the purest form of Classical Music without any embellishment and totally austere in its delivery. Its current format is still in the same traditional style as it was when it started thousands of years ago. Originally, Dhrupad was a means of offering to the divine through sound. From the temples, it moved with the wandering minstrels, to the courts of the kings and finally to our concert halls. The dhrupad recital is broadly subdivided into the alaap (raga elaboration), the jor (with steady rhythm) and the jhala (accelerating strumming). Then the composition, Bandish, is sung to rhythmic accompaniment. As Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar puts it,
“When I close my eyes and begin to sing, there is only darkness… slowly, light comes, then the beginnings of colour.” Given the depth, the subtlety, the varied dimensions and the mysticism of this art form, the atmosphere created during a Dhrupad performance is indeed one of beauty and serenity.
Some of the renowned artists include Sri Baha’ud’din Dagar, Sri. Uday Bhawalkar and Ustad H. Sayeeduddin Dagar
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[...] Dhrupad – Vocal [...]
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[...] April 1939 in Alwar, Rajasthan. He belongs to the unbroken lineage of illustrious Dagar family of Dhrupad music propagated by Baba Behram Khan Dagar of Jaipur. He has kept this tradition vibrantly alive [...]
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[...] from the age of 8. At the age of 15, he received a grant to undergo four years of training in Dhrupad under Ustad Zia Fareeduddin Dagar. This period convinced him that he wanted to continue in the [...]
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[...] great contributions to Indian music, having started and sustained one of the 3 major traditions of Dhrupad – the Dagar school. Baha’ud’din Dagar is a master of a very rare instrument, the [...]
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