ISHTIAQ AHMED KHAN | Raga Bhairavi
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- An album of the artist can be found here: matyasitar.ban...
Ustad Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan - Sarod
Ustad Afaque Hussain Khan - Tabla
recording date unknown
The great sarod player Ustad Ishtiaq Ahmed (1920-1967) of Delhi was one of the finest but least documented instrumentalists of his time. He was the son of legendary sarod pioneer, composer and writer Ustad Karamatullah Khan of Lucknow and was employed at All-India-Radio Delhi.
Ishtiaq Khan Saheb had two sons: Mukhtar Ahmed and Gulfam Ahmed. The elder son Mukhtar Ahmed was an All India Radio Artist at Patna. He expired in 1994. Presently the younger son Gulfam Ahmed is carrying on this tradition of Lucknow Gharana on Sarod.
Even though we are sure that there are plenty of spool recordings of his music rotting away in some radio archives very few of his recordings have actually seen the light of day.
From the collection of Ustad Irfan Muhammadkhan.
In the first ultra-rare picture we see a young Ishtiaq Khan Saheb with his legendary father Ustad Keramtullah Khan Saheb. Some images are from the collection of Kiran Naiga
Tape transfers and sound restorations by Matyas Wolter
Divine music.
It sounds like the recording has been sped up. The sarod seems to be at C# . I believe that is too high for a sarod of those days. But I don't know enough about sarods to state that with confidence
Hi Vikram. That might be the case. I have not checked the pitch. Be aware that most of my uploads are copies of copies of copies.... of cassettes that have been shared in the analog manner for decades. Sometimes the tools used for copying may have been very poor. In this process many pieces have suffered in terms of sound and speed.
I agree it sounds speeded up quite considerably.
Thanks
This is gulfam khan & mukhtiyar ahamd khan father sarod
I'm not belong this gharana Real grandson ustad ishtiyaq ahmad ghulam Mohammad most money holder person