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Since ancient times, music has been given a special place in the Indian society. Indian classical music history is enriched with
numerous musicians who were able to create different effects in seasons, daytimes through ragas. One such musician was the
legendary Tansen. He lived during Akbar's time.
Tansen was one of the nine jewels in Akbar's court. He had so much expertise over the ragas that he could painted pictures,
brought rains, lighted fire with his singing. Similarly, if he sang an evening raag during daytime, the sunlight would diminish and
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Tansen went to Akbar's court in 1556 and soon became his favourite. A lot of Akbar's courtiers became
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when sung caused fire in the area of performance. The courtiers spread the word that Tansen could
make diya light up with his singing. Akbar heard about this talent and asked Tansen to perform the feat.
Tansen was afraid, but could not disobey the king. He asked for some time to prepare himself. Tansen knew that if he sing raag
Deepak - the raag of fire, the heat it gives off will not only set the lamps alight, but it will also burn him to ashes. Then he had an
idea. He taught raga Megha Malhar - the raag of rain, to his daughter. If sing properly, this raag could bring rain.
On the day of his performance, Tansen started singing raag Deepak. Soon the temperature of the hall started rising. Suddenly,
the hall was lit with countless diyas As the music continued everything in the surrounding started burning In the mean time
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the hall was lit with countless diyas. As the music continued, everything in the surrounding started burning. In the mean time,
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Tansen's daughter started singing raag Megh Malhar which brought clouds and rains all over to douse off the fire. Thus, Tansen
was saved.
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There is no definite answer to when and how music came into existence. The Indian classical music is one of the oldest
unbroken musical traditions in the world.
Vedic era
Historians suggest that origin of Indian classical music goes back to the Vedic times i.e. around 2000 B.C. It is said that during
those times the sages used to sing and their wives used to play instruments like Veena. Amongst the four Vedic scriptures,
'Samved' was primarily music based.
During the age of Ramayana and Mahabharata, the seven swars known as Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni came into being. Even
during the Maurya period, music was popular as evident from references in Mautilya's famous treatise , Arthashastra.
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Medieval era
From 7th to the 13th century AD, Indian music played a key role in India and outside. In 7th century AD, Indian music was used
to popularize the Hindu philosophy and religious ideas. Many scholarly books on music were written such as Jaidev's
"Gitogobindo" and sarangdev's "Sangeet Ratnakar".
From the 11th century onwards when India saw many advances by the Muslims from middle-east, it influenced Indian music
greatly. Gradually North Indian Music evolved as a separate stream under their influence.
During Alauddin Khiljee's time (1296-1316) the famed Amir Khusro reigned supreme as a musical genius. It is said that he was
the first to use Tabla and Sitar as percussion instruments and created new Ragas and introduced vocal music like Kawali and
Tarana. Raja Man Singh(1486-1518) reigned the kingdom of Gwalior and his patronage gave birth to "Gwalior Gharana" as a
distinct style of Indian music. With the help of the then musicologists, he is said to have penned "Mankuthul". During that era,
devotional songs in India music reached its peak with the marvelous songs of Kabir(1405AD), Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu(1486
AD) and Mirabai(1500 AD).
King Akbar(15556-1605AD) was a keen lover of music and patronized maestros like Nayak Bakru, Tansen, Tantarang Gopal etc.
in his court.
Modern era
Modern period started from the end of the eighteenth century. This period saw the gradual overthrowing of the Muslim rulers
by the British who were indifferent to Indian culture and particularly classical music. This led to the decline of the court
sponsored Musicians. Consequently, the musicians kept their knowledge and practice to themselves confining it within their
own family members. Music became a vehicle of entertainment and was looked down upon in society. This trend continued till
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contributed to this revival, the names of Pt. Bishnu Digambar paluskar, Pt. Vishnu Narayan
Bhatkhananda need special mention. The process of notation in music invented by
Bhatkhanadaji is now followed by Hindustani classical musicians.
The 20th century witnessed a galaxy of brilliant Indian Classical musicians like Ustad Faiz Khan, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, Ustad
Amir Khan, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Pandit Onkarnath Tahkur, Biswadeb Chottopadhyaha, Tarapada Chakravarty, Ustad
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