Thumri creates potent images, providing glimpses of another realm without being so bold as to overstate the route into its underlying universe. The possibilities for interpretation are much wider than ...
If music were charted on a gender spectrum, popular theory has it that the dhrupad would fall on the masculine end and the thumri feminine, with the khayal somewhere on the continuum but tending ...
We had an opportunity to discuss Thumri as a music discipline, its relevance and ways to sustain the form with veteran Shubha Mudgal... We had an opportunity to discuss Thumri as a music discipline, ...
Thumri, like Kathak, found its poetic soul in Lucknow. Derived from the verb 'thumakana' (to move gracefully to rhythm), Thumri became the expressive heart of Nawabi culture.Popularised in the 19th ...
At the time of India’s Independence in 1947, all the Princely States, which were the main patrons of the classical arts and maintained artists in their courts, were abolished. In one stroke, thousands ...
In a ruined tomb within the precincts of Rauza Masjid at Maharaj Ganj in Patna rests the queen of thumri, Zohra Bai. Born in Azeemabad (Patna) in the mid 1860s or 1870s, Zohra arrived with her mother ...
The text is romantic or devotional in nature, and usually revolves around a girl's love for Krishna. The lyrics are usually in Uttar Pradesh dialects of Hindi called Awadhi and Brij Bhasha. Thumri is ...
Her performance was aired by the Allahabad station of AIR in 1949 Kolkata: Gifted with a resonating magical voice that captivated the refined listeners of Hindustani classical music for generations, ...
Girija Devi died at the age of 88 of a cardiac arrest in Kolkata New Delhi: The late classical singer Girija Devi's remains will be flown to her home town Varanasi for her last rites, sources from her ...
The quintessential Classical and Nazrul Sangeet artist Nirupoma Rahman expresses devotion and love of music through her melodious voice. She is a Bangladesh-Australia based singer who recently sat ...
The ITC-Sangeet Research Academy (SRA) and the Indian Musicological Society (IMS) in collaboration with the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) and the Music Forum, ...
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