Taj Khan

Taj Khan
Born
Taj Khan

c. 1820[1]
Diedc. 1904[1]
NationalityIndia, Nepal
OccupationDhrupad singer

Taj Khan (c. 1820 – c. 1904) was an Indian and Nepali Hindustani Classical musician trained in the Kalpi tradition of Dhrupad.[2] He is known for being the foremost luminary of Dhrupad and Dhamar in the Nepal Court during the 19th and 20th Centuries.[3][4] Khan was also a court musician of Wajid Ali Shah in Awadh and Metiabruz.[5][6]

Background

Some historians claim Taj Khan was a descendant of Miyan Tansen.[7]

Khan served alongside Aliya-Fatu in the Nepal Court.[8]

Khan trained his son, Raza, and grandsons, Ahmed Hussain and Amanat Hussain in music. His daughter married sarod maestro Kaukab Khan.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī (2011). The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195650983.
  2. ^ Perērā, Ec. Saṅghadāsa (1994). The Origin and Development of Dhrupad and Its Bearing on Instrumental Music. K.P. Bagchi & Company. p. 175. ISBN 9788170741114.
  3. ^ Sharma, Manorma (2006). Tradition of Hindustani Music. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 101. ISBN 9788176489997.
  4. ^ Grandin, Ingemar (1989). Music and Media in Local Life: Music Practice in a Newar Neighbourhood in Nepal. Linköping University. pp. 92–93. ISBN 9789178704804.
  5. ^ Miner, Allyn (2004). Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Limited. p. 154. ISBN 9788120814936.
  6. ^ Mukhopādhyāẏa, Kumāraprasāda (2006). The Lost World of Hindustani Music. Penguin Books. p. 71. ISBN 9780143061991.
  7. ^ Mazumder, Amiya Kumer; Prajnanananda, Swami, eds. (1971). The Bases of Indian Culture: Commemoration Volume of Swami Abhedananda. Ramakrishna Vedanta Math. p. 545.
  8. ^ Sharma, Manorma (2006). Tradition of Hindustani Music. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 101. ISBN 9788176489997.
  9. ^ Miner, Allyn (1993). Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Limited. p. 154. ISBN 9788120814936.


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