YUSUF ALI KHAN | Radio broadcast announcement ENGLISH (1960ies)

Ustad Yusuf Ali Khan (1887-1962) was a master sitarist as well as a renowned sitar maker of his time located in Lucknow. He was trained by his father Bhondu Khan and Ustad Abdul Ghani Khan of the now extinct Dhrupad Gharana of Kalpi. His sitar workshop was in the same house as legendary Ustad Sakhawat Hussain Khan´s family and they were close peers and exchanged many old compositions. He took over the sitar training of Ustad Sakhawat Khans younger son Ustad Ilyas Khan.
Audio clip from the archives of Ustad Irfan MD Khan.
Picture from Yusuf Ali Khansahibs families´ collection. Reproduced by permission of Badrun Nisan Yusuf and Qamar Ali. Most likely the student in the photograph is Mr. Bhatnagar who is mentioned in this broadcast.
More music of the Ustad from the LSG archives:
• YUSUF ALI KHAN
An album of Yusuf Ali Khan on bandcamp:
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Its amazing to see how well informed, even erudite, radio announcers were back then.