INDIAN MUSIC

One of the genres of traditional music in India is “HINDUSTANI MUSIC”

Hindustani music is an Indian classical music tradition that goes back to ancient Vedic times. It further developed circa the 13th and 14th centuries AD with Persian influences and from existing religious and folk music. The practice of singing based on notes was popular even from the Vedic times where the hymns in Sama Veda, a sacred text, were sung as Samagana and not chanted. Developing a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, it has contemporary traditions established primarily in India but also in Pakistan and Bangladesh. In contrast to Carnatic music, the other main Indian classical music tradition originating from the South, Hindustani music was not only influenced by ancient Hindu musical traditions, historical Vedic philosophy and native Indian sounds but also enriched by the Persian performance practices of the Mughals. Classical genres are Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khyal, Tarana and Sadra.

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Bhimsen Joshi are few personalities in Hindustani classical music.