British era canal on River Jhelum constructed in the 1910s. Images courtesy of Salman Rashid and Saad Asad.
ادب نے سونپی ہمیں سرمہ سائیِ حیرت
زبانِ بستہ و چشمِ کشادہ رکھتے ہیں
courtesy consigned/confided to us the collyrium-applying of amazement
we keep a closed/’bound’ tongue and an ‘opened’/free eye
—Ghalib
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Ali Akbar Khan – Puriya (Alaap)
Ali Baksh Zahoor – Pahari (APMC,1961)
Allabande Rahimuddin Dagar – Shayam Kalyan
Altaf Hussain Khan – Ramdasi Malhar
Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali Khan – Aimen (APMC, 4 April 1961)
Azmat Hussain Khan – Khambhavati
Bhimsen Joshi – Puriya (Pune, 1965)
Chote Ghulam Ali Khan – Lankeshree
Ganesh Ramchandra Behrebuva – Yaman
Jagannathbuwa Purohit – Bhimpalasi
Keserbai Kerkar – Shudh Bhopali
Khadim Hussain Khan – Mian Ki Todi (Chautaal, Dhamar)
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit – Lalit
Mohammed Sharif Khan and Mian Shaukut Hussain – Bhatiyar
Neyti Khan (Inayat Khan) – Bhimpalasi, Multani, Patdeep
Ramzan Khan – Malashri (Sab Sakhiya Mil Mangal Gao)
Rasoolanbai – Tappa Tilang (Man Raji Rakhna Ve)
Ravi and Vijay Kichlu – Purvi (1962, From Farhat Said Khan’s Collection)
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan – Gara Kanada
Sidheshwari Devi – Mian ki Malhar (From Kishor Merchant’s Collection)
Tirath Ajmani and Latif Ahmed Khan – Kathak Tabla
Umeed Ali Khan – Bilaskhani Todi (APMC, 1961)
Vilayat Khan and Nanak Jayanti – Mian Ki Todi (Calcutta, 1973. Farhat Said Khan’s Collection)
Thank you, Aftab Sahib. Another treasure trove! Very grateful for sharing with us – lovers of such incomparable music. God bless.
Thanks for the mail .
Many thanks.
Thanks a lot Aftab bhai
A minor nit: Rahimuddin Dagar’s ‘Shyam Kalyan’ is actually Shuddha Sarang.
Thank you so much