gharana
Sign in to saveAlso known as gharānā
thumb | right | Kadambari playing sitar by Raja Raja Varma In Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), a gharānā is a system of social organisation in the Indian subcontinent, linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and more importantly by adherence to a particular musical style.
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Vocal gharanas
- Khyal gharanas
- Repertoire
- Dhrupad gharanas
- Thumri gharanas
- Instrumental gharanas
- Tabla gharanas
- Wind and string instruments
- Sitar gharanas
- Sarod gharanas
- Dance gharanas
- References
- External links
thumb | right | Kadambari playing sitar by Raja Raja Varma In Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), a gharānā is a system of social organisation in the Indian subcontinent, linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and more importantly by adherence to a particular musical style.
The word gharana comes from the Hindi word 'ghar' which means 'house'. It typically refers to the place where the musical ideology originated; for example, some of the gharanas well known for singing khyals are: Gwalior, Delhi, Agra, Indore, Kashmiri, Atrauli-Jaipur, Kirana and Patiala. Four famous kathak gharanas are: Lucknow, Atrauli-Jaipur, Benares and Raigarh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gharana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.