Kirana gharana is one of the Indian classical khyal gharanas, [1] [2] and is concerned foremost with intonation of notes (swara).
The central concern of the Kirana style is swara, or individual notes, in particular precise tuning and expression of notes. In the Kirana Gayaki (singing style), the individual notes (swaras) of the raga are not just random points in the scale, but independent realms of music capable of horizontal expansion. Emotional pukars in the higher octaves form a part of the musical experience. Another unique feature of this gharana is the intricate and ornate use of the sargam taan (weaving patterns with the notations themselves) introduced by Abdul Karim Khan under influence from the Carnatic classical style. [1] [2]
In the late nineteenth century Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan revolutionized the khayal gayaki by introducing the vilambit (a slow tempo section) to delineate the structure of the raga note by note. [3]
Frequently performed ragas by musicians of the gharana include Todi, Lalit, Multani, Patdeep, Puriya, Marwa, Shuddha Kalyan, Darbari Kanhara, and Komal-Rishabh Asavari. Marathi thespian Pula Deshpande has pointed out that performers from the Kirana gharana are particularly fond of the Komal Re/Rishabh (or minor second in the western system) note of the classical music scale, a frequent feature of these commonly performed ragas. [2]
In the 19th century the Kirana gharana coalesced around Miyan Bande Ali Khan, a player of the rudra veena. The gharana's style was further developed, and established as one of the prominent styles in modern Indian classical music in the late 19th / early 20th centuries by the musicians Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan. [3] Abdul Karim Khan was an extremely popular musician, and was thus highly influential in popularizing the gharana. Some trace the gharana's roots back farther to the 13th-century musician Gopal Nayak, a Hindu musician (of the dhrupad style) who later converted to Islamic Sufism and in the process assimilated the predominantly Muslim khyal musical style. [4]
The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a town and tehsil of Shamli District in Uttar Pradesh. It is the birthplace of Abdul Karim Khan (1872–1937), who was one of the most important musicians of this gharana and of Hindustani music in general in the twentieth century. A frequent visitor to the Court of Mysore, Abdul Karim Khan was also influenced by Carnatic music, and roots of the tradition can also be traced back to his great-grandfather Ghulam Ali and Ghulam Maula, the brother of Ghulam Ali.
Owing to the popularity of Abdul Karim Khan, most contemporary Hindustani musicians from Karnataka are exponents of Kirana gharana, and Kirana gharana in turn has absorbed many of the features of the Carnatic tradition. The border region between Karnataka and Maharashtra is particularly associated with the gharana. [2]
The other primary master of the gharana, in the early 20th century, was Abdul Karim Khan's cousin Abdul Wahid Khan who chose to settle at Lahore, Pakistan after the 1947 Partition of British India.
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This tree details the hereditary lineage of the Kirana Gharana based on several documented accounts.[ citation needed ]
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Mohammed Zama Khan (Beenkar) | Hussain Ali Khan "Hingarang" | Ghulam Maula Khan | Rahim Ali Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allarakha Khan (Dhrupadiya) | Langde Hussain Khan | Ilahi Baksh | Dhumi Khan | Shahab Khan | Vajid Ali Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ghulam Taki Khan | Ghalum Kasim Khan | Ghalum Zamin Khan | Ghalum Azam Khan | Abdul Majid Khan | Abdul Rahim Khan | Abdul Aziz Khan | Nanne Khan | Mehboob Baksh | Kale Khan | Abdulla Khan | Shende Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sadiq Ali Khan | Khadin Hussain Khan | Hussain Ali (Beenkar) | Habeeb Khan | Abdul Wahid Khan | Abdul Gafur Khan | Abdul Razaq Khan | Abdul Rehman Khan | Rahim Baksh | Hyder Baksh Khan | Rahman Baksh Khan | Abdul Karim Khan | Abdul Haqq Khan | Abdul Latif Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Haider Ali Khan | Bande Ali Khan (Beenkar) | Hafizulla Khan | Abdul Haqq Khan | Shakoor Khan | Gani Khan | Abdul Bashir Khan | Majid Khan | Hamid Khan | Sureshbabu Mane | Hirabai Badodekar | Abdul Rehhman Khan | Saraswati Rane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kanniz Begum | Umrao Begum | Samiulla Khan | Akhtar Nawaz Khan | Mubarak Ali Khan | Mashkoor Ali Khan | Niyaz & Fayyaz Ahmed Khan | Noor Hasan Khan | Sattar Khan | Babu Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amjad Ali Khan | Arshad Ali Khan | Shahana Ali Khan | Riyaz Ahmed Khan | Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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