It’s many regions, language groups and cultures are the source of some of the most profound and rich folk traditions on the planet. Pakistan embodies a contradictory position as far as music goes. More the pity because this hefty chunk of digitised music is a massive contribution to the documentation and preservation of global musics. Not marketed very well, if at all, it soon disappeared from view without making much of a ripple. In 2006 the semi-government private Pakistani company Shalimar Recording Company issued a boxset of 57 compact discs titled simply Music Pakistan. all missing items are currently being sought. *please see previous post for a complete list of Music Pakistan CDs. I learned to sing those Pahari Geets from them”.īarkat Ali sahib passed away in 1963 at a very unacceptably young age.Ġ1 – Hasti Apni Habab Ki Si Hay Ġ2 – Ishrat e Qatra Hay Darya Main Ġ3 – Uss Bazm Main Mojhay Nahin Banti Ġ7 – Navake Naz Se Moshkil Hay Ġ8 – Dono Jahan Teri Mahabbat Main Ġ9 – Ab Sawan Ghar Aaja (Thumri Tilak Kamod) Barkat Ali Khan, in a rare live radio interview to Radio Pakistan, Lahore, had said,” My forefathers, at one time, lived in the hilly tracts of Jammu and Kashmir, so they used to sing ‘songs of the hills’ (Pahari Geet). Before Mehdi Hassan became known as the ‘King of ghazals’ in the 1970s, Barkat Ali Khan and Begum Akhtar were considered the stalwarts of ghazal-singing during the 1950s and 1960s. He started a new trend of ghazal-singing in Pakistan. Many people in Pakistan say that simplicity and humility were the hallmark of his personality. He taught noted ghazal singer Ghulam Ali. Many still consider him a superior thumri singer than his elder brother, though he didn’t receive acknowledgement to the extent Bade Ghulam Ali Khan did. He was widely acknowledged as one of the great exponents of Thumri, Dadra, Geet and Ghazal, and was well known for both Purab and Punjab Ang Thumris. After 1947 Partition of British India, Barkat Ali Khan, with his family, migrated to Pakistan and focused on the lighter aspects of Hindustani classical music. He had his initial training from his father, Ali Baksh Khan Kasuri, and later by his elder brother Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Ustad Barkat Ali Khan (1908 – 19 June 1963) was a Pakistani classical singer, younger brother of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and elder brother of Mubarak Ali Khan, and belonged to the Patiala gharana of music.īarkat Ali Khan was born in Kasur, in the Punjab province of then British India. Musab I am very chuffed to share one of the missing 10 volumes from the Music Pakistan* series: Urdu ghazals sung by Ustad Barkat Ali Khan of Kasur. Thanks to the great sleuth work of fellow blogger and music expert, one Mr. While singing khyal the khatka and murki are utilized, and the presentation of the khyal is embellished with bol-banav, bol-taan, sargam, meend and keeping to the laya and rhythmic cycle. This gharana has been criticized for neglecting basic raga characteristics such as the primary development octave and for overusing ornaments and graces without considering the nature and mood of the raga. Taans with clear aakar are presented not through the throat but through the naabhi (navel). These are very rhythmic, vakra (complicated) and firat taans, and are not bound by the rhythmic cycle. The special feature of Patiala is its rendering of taans. Besides khyal, exponents sing the Punjab-Ang thumri. Ektaal and Teentaal are the most common taals chosen by members of this gharana. This gharana tends to favour pentatonic ragas for their ornamentation and execution of intricate taans. Home to the giant (in more ways than one) Bade Ghulam Ali Khan as well as the legendary Barkat Ali Khan the Patiala gharana is one of three Punjabi lineages. The Patiala gharana like the Kirana gharana is an illustrious one. To learn more about this amazing artist here is must read article full of information and anecdote. Fateh Ali Khan is one of those singers who is consistently described in the most superlative terms and compared to the greatest of previous generations.