Heritage of Indian classical music by K J S Chatrath

 

Music is an important part of the heritage of cultural history of India. The histories of both folk and classical Indian music are very rich. We present a flavor of Indian classical music sung by Sniti Misra.

Please click at the following link to listen to her: https://youtu.be/iPMu48KngcA

She  is a trained vocalist in Hindusthani classical music who appeared for the first time in Zee TV musical reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar. She belongs to Bolangir district of Odisha, India. 
 

Now a little backgrounder of classical music in India. Post 13th Century,one notices two different styles Indian Classical Music. In North India, Persian and Mughal influence began creating its place very intensely with Amir Khusro.Tansen and his contemporary musicians mostly performed in Dhrupad sort and later Khayal singing was promoted by Sadarang and Adarang.On the other hand, Carnatic Music was evolved mainly by Shyama Shastri, Tyagraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar, and Saint Purandardas.Currently, most of the classical training revolves around Kritis composed by these great saint musicians.

Perhaps the oldest treatise on Indian music is Natya Shastra, written by Bharatha Muni. The Natyashastra deals with the basic theory of Music, dance and drama called “Natya Shastra’.Readers interested in exploring main differences between Indian and Western classical musics may like to go through ‘East and West: Three basic differences between Indian and Western Classical music’ https://www.darbar.org/article/east-and-west-basic-differences-between-indian-and-western-classical-music/34