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Discussion On: Will Dhrupad Live Long ??Message by Stephen L. Bradley [sbradley@pdreng.com]
Perhaps a form of music doesn't need practitioners, but a strong body of listeners to remain alive. And I submit that there are quite a few musicians that align themselves with the Dhrupad genre to this day. I can think of quite a few that live outside of India, enought that I wouldn't consider this an extinct artform just yet. Remember where the foundations for Khayal were laid.
Message by Tanya [tanya26@vsnl.com]Yes, Stephen you are probably right, but tell me how will a form of music survive, if it has no practitioners. Apart from Gundecha brothers, Dagars and a few more, tell me who credible practitioners are still practising Dhrupad??? Most of them comparatively take the easier way out...Khayal.
Message by Stephen L. Bradley [sbradley@pdreng.com]Tanya, First, let me direct you to www.makar.com for many Dhrupad titles from which to choose. If you are looking for vocalist this is the place. If it is instrumentalist that you desire, Pandit Chandrashekar is awsome on the surbahar and they have two offerings of Bahiuddin Dagar's (Z.M. Dagar's son) of his work with the rudra veena. Ustad Imrat Khan is still keeping Dhrupad alive and well, and has many son's that he is actively passing his heritage on to. Then there are those that experiment. Nancy Lesh, who studied with the Dagars and with Ustad Khan, comes to mind. She uses the cello as the extractor of alap, jor and jhala. So I would be cautious in stating that there are no practitioners of this kind of music. Dhrupad seems to be in about the same boat as bluegrass/folk music is here in the U.S., seemingly about to go under. Amazingly for bluegrass, the soundtrack for the film
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Message by Shiladitya [mindspace008@yahoo.co.in]Hi I am a law student in India.I have been learning Hindustani clasical vocal music for the last 5 years.though i dont have a concrete idea about dhrupad,but i can say that it is suffering due to fewer number of artists in this field.Khayal has been dominant in the classical music dias since the last 3 to 4 decades or so.Apart from the Gundecha brothers and the Dagars there ae promising musicicans in this field like Uday Bhawalkar and Phalguni mitra.....however,music does not have to be practices to be alive but just a good class of listeners.It is a fact that the taste of listeners has changed drastically when it comes to classical music concerts and they do prefer khayal.But i would ike to contest one of my friends who opines that khayal is the easier way out...well its absolutely not!khayal requires a very rigourous practice as does dhrupad.Per se,they only differ in the format and silsila of the rendition,otherwise the vocal techniques and those of voice throwing are the same.....Khayal and Dhrupad are not superior or inferior to each other but are rather very closely related and in a way complement each other.
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Message by william [liam@featheredspiritofmother.com]I disagree that an artform, especially something like dhrupad, will live on with a class of listeners if the performers are not present. Still, dhrupad exists and I believe will exist in temple musics, it is for this reason that dhrupad has not been allowed to die out completely. I believe that, without the musicians or the temple traditions, it cannot exist with only listeners. If there are only listeners, who will they listen to?<br> <br> funny that i have happened on this topic as i am currently listening to a recording of the gundecha brothers singing bhairava.<br> <br> On another note, I am moving to gujarat near vadodara in august to study with my sarod guru. anyone live near or around there?
Message by william [liam@featheredspiritofmother.com]forgot also to mention who I am studying with, currently from Anniruddha Rai and soon with Satyam Rai, both sons of the late Pandit Vasant Rai, one of the greatest sarodiyas to have lived.
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