RAVI SHANKAR’S guru, Baba Alauddin khan was born in 1862.
His legacy to the world is a galaxy of disciples like Ali Akbar Khan (sitar),
Timir Baran (sarod), Pannalal Ghosh (Flute), Nikhil Banerjee (sitar) and
Indranil Bhattacharya (sitar).
Alauddin Khan was an excellent vocalist and an instrumental maestro, who received many titles including Aftab-E-Hind bestowed on him by the Tansen Sangeet Samiti, the sangeetacharya awardwd by the Bhatkhande Music College, Desikotthama given by Shantiniketan and the Padma Vibhushan.
Alauddin Khan was adopted by Gruru Nulo Gopal who renamed him Manmohan dey and put him through seven years rigorous training. His next guru was Haban Dutt, a cousin of Swami Vivekananda, who was a good dhrupad singer and pakhawajiya. Young Alauddin studied Western music under Mr. Lobo and learnt how to play the shehnai from Ustad Hazari.
For three years khan worked in Minerva Theatre and later went to Muktagacha, where musicians gathered during Durga puja. He gravitated towards Rampur where the nawab asked Wazir Khan to take Alaudin as his disciple. He blossomed in the musical atmosphere of the Rampur court and learned dhrupad from Raza Khan. Among his famous disciples was the Maharaja of Maihar.
Khan was a humanitarian at heart: he devoted several hours a day to teaching a group of orphans, whom he or ganized into the famous Maihar Band the first of its kind.
When Uday Shankar persuaded Khan to join his troupe, he popularized a large number of new ragas and composed many beautiful lakshan geets and devotional khayals in traditional rags. Khan belonged to the era when rishis and saints used to attain nirvana through nada (music). He died in 1972 after having turned a string of musician into maestros.
Alauddin Khan was an excellent vocalist and an instrumental maestro, who received many titles including Aftab-E-Hind bestowed on him by the Tansen Sangeet Samiti, the sangeetacharya awardwd by the Bhatkhande Music College, Desikotthama given by Shantiniketan and the Padma Vibhushan.
Alauddin Khan was adopted by Gruru Nulo Gopal who renamed him Manmohan dey and put him through seven years rigorous training. His next guru was Haban Dutt, a cousin of Swami Vivekananda, who was a good dhrupad singer and pakhawajiya. Young Alauddin studied Western music under Mr. Lobo and learnt how to play the shehnai from Ustad Hazari.
For three years khan worked in Minerva Theatre and later went to Muktagacha, where musicians gathered during Durga puja. He gravitated towards Rampur where the nawab asked Wazir Khan to take Alaudin as his disciple. He blossomed in the musical atmosphere of the Rampur court and learned dhrupad from Raza Khan. Among his famous disciples was the Maharaja of Maihar.
Khan was a humanitarian at heart: he devoted several hours a day to teaching a group of orphans, whom he or ganized into the famous Maihar Band the first of its kind.
When Uday Shankar persuaded Khan to join his troupe, he popularized a large number of new ragas and composed many beautiful lakshan geets and devotional khayals in traditional rags. Khan belonged to the era when rishis and saints used to attain nirvana through nada (music). He died in 1972 after having turned a string of musician into maestros.
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